Terracotta Hadra hydria (water jar)

Terracotta Hadra hydria (water jar)

Terracotta Hadra hydria (water jar). Culture: Greek, Ptolemaic, Cretan. Dimensions: h. 18 1/4 in. (46.4 cm); d. 10 1/8 in. (25.7 cm). Date: late 3rd century B.C.. inscribed on neck "AR" This Hadra hydria is somewhat unusual: its shape is slightly more attenuated then most; its lower body is glazed to the foot; and it has a twisted back handle, a less common but not altogether rare variation, seen as well on 90.9.16 nearby. The inscription may be an abbreviation of "Architheoros," a title referring to the priest of a sacred embassy, and thus may allude to the vocation of the deceased whose remains were once contained within this vessel.

TERRACOTTA

Hellenistic

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY

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3536 x 4200 px | 42.5 MB

29.9 x 35.6 cm | 11.8 x 14.0 in (300 dpi)