Hydria
- Description
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Jars like this were usually used in ancient Greece for serving water. This one was found in a tomb and probably held a cremation burial. Two inscriptions on the jar read ‘A HC ICAN POY’, meaning ‘Ageso, son of Isander’.
It belonged to Lt. col. LAD Montague who gave over 800 artefacts to the museum. - Accession Loan No.
- 5/1946/654
- Collection Class
- Foreign archaeology
- Common Name
- hydria
- Simple Name
- vessel
- Full Name
- water jar; hydria or kalpis
- Dimensions
- body width 285 mm; whole height 380 mm; whole depth 220 mm; base footring diameter 125 mm
- Cultural Group
- Greek
- Period Classification
- Classical - 500-336 BC
- Production Date
- -350
- Family Group
- Material
- pottery; terracotta; Red figure ware
- Function Name
- storage/ pouring
- Function Detail
- water
- Collector / Excavator
- Montague, LAD, Lieutenant Colonel
- Collection Country
- Italy
- Collection Area Region
- Southern Europe
- Collection Continent
- Europe
