One-handled cup | Iran | Iron Age II | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1933-37, excavated under the direction of Roman Ghirshman, on behalf of the Conseil des Musées Nationaux; ceded to the Tehran Museum in the division of finds; acquired by the Museum in 1939, presented by the Tehran Museum to balance the division of funding and finds of the Iranian Expedition of the Metropolitan Museum of Art at Nishapur
Patroclus
Patroclus is a figure from Greek mythology who fought in the Trojan War and was most famous for his close friendship with the Greek hero, Achilles. He followed Achilles to Troy and would ultimately die because of him and his actions. Patroclus' story is most famously told in Homer's (c. 750 BCE...