The large relief was unearthed in the town of Eleusis, which was an important center for the worship of Demeter and Persephone, in 1859.

The goddess on the left is dressed in a leg-length sleeveless chiton and himation (a type of cloak), holds a sceptre in her left hand, while with her right one she hands Triptolemus some unidentified object either made of a separate piece of copper or perhaps painted on originally, commonly agreed now to have been sheaves of wheat.

[1][2][4] The child Triptolemus reaches to receive the goddess's gift with his right hand, while holding his robe with his left.

[2] The goddess on the right rests her weight her right leg, and wears a foot-long chiton and a rich pleated himation.

A very similar scene is also depicted on a skyphos from Boeotia, with a rich-dressed Demeter handing the laurel-wreathed Triptolemus some wheat, while Persephone stands behind him holding two torches.