Terracotta fragments of a hydria: kalpis (water jar)

490–480 BCE
Not on view
Bearded, filleted warrior to right, wearing a chitoniskos underneath a corselet, with his himation draped around his shoulders, upper arms, and back, with his left hand, touching the top of his head, holding his helmet in his right hand, and wearing greaves on his legs

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Object Information
  • Title: Terracotta fragments of a hydria: kalpis (water jar)
  • Period: Late Archaic
  • Date: 490–480 BCE
  • Culture: Greek, Attic
  • Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
  • Classification: Vases
  • Credit Line: Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011
  • Object Number: 2011.604.2.1082a, b
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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