Mastos with Combat Scenes

<p>This shape of drinking-cup is called a "mastos" and resembles a woman's breast. On the front, a soldier whose nudity signifies heroic status advances against two warriors dressed in short tunics; two heralds watch from either side. On the back, a nude warrior confronts a clothed one in a similar scene. Beneath the horizontal handle stands a siren, a mythical creature with a woman's head and a bird's body, whose powers included knowledge of the outcome of battles.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.223' rel='external'>Mastos with Combat Scenes</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>