A young boy is depicted in right profile hanging not the side of a ram. He is nude except for a cloak and has close-cropped hair. He appears to be crowned by a wreath of some type, though the surface of the plaque is worn and it is hard to tell. He grasps the ram by its horns; his legs dangle alongside the ram above a body of water represented by three leaping fish.

A terracotta plaque depicting Phrixus being carried over the Hellespont by the ram with the golden fleece. Perhaps Melian in origin.

Online Resources
Metropolitan Museum of Art 12.229.20
Subjects
Phrixus
Golden Fleece
Type
Image
License
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike
Agent
Unknown
Date
ca. 450 BCE
Culture
Greek
Medium
terracotta
Dimensions
7 1/8 × 9 11/16 in. (18.1 × 24.6 cm)
Location
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Image Credit
© Trustees of the British Museum.