Terracotta kylix (drinking cup). Culture: Greek, Attic. Dimensions: width 11 3/4in. (29.9cm); diameter 9in. (22.9cm). Date: mid-5th century B.C..Interior, Eros at a hermExterior, obverse and reverse, banquetersThe earliest herms were square stone pillars terminating in a bearded head of Hermes, the god of boundaries. They were introduced in Athens about 520 B.C by Hipparchos, the son of the tyrant Peisistratos, to mark points midway between the various Attic villages and the Athenian Agora. Soon herms stood before private houses and sanctuaries, as well. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.