The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Terracotta Hadra hydria (water jar)

Terracotta Hadra hydria (water jar)

Period:: Hellenistic
Date:: 213 B.C.
Culture:: Greek, Egypt, Alexandria-Hadra
Medium:: Terracotta
Dimensions:: Overall: 18 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. (47 x 29.2 cm) Other: 9 3/4in. (24.8cm)
Classification:: Vases
Credit Line:: Purchase, 1890
Accession Number:: 90.9.13

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Description

Painted in Greek: "Year 9, Mecheir; Damo[...], son of Nearchos, Member of the Sacred Embassy, of Boeotia; by Theodotos, agorastes."
Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: Painted in Greek: "Year 9, Mecheir; Damo[...], son of Nearchos, Member of the Sacred Embassy, of Boeotia; by Theodotos, agorastes."
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What
Clay (23,649)

Vessels (21,921)

Vases (8,895)

Terracotta (8,373)

Hydriae (160)

Hadra (42)
Where
Europe (148,587)

Greece (6,287)
When
1000 B.C.-A.D. 1 (23,148)
In the Museum
Greek and Roman Art (17,329)
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Ancient Greece, 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.
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