Hydria

425–400 BCE Overall: 41.6 x 38.4 cm (16 3/8 x 15 1/8 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1986.23

This vessel gets its name from a shape of earthenware jar that was used to carry water. This bronze hydria was probably used not to carry water but as a cinerary urn (kalpis). The figure on the handle is the mythological siren, a human-headed bird.

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Terms

Culture
Greece
Technique
bronze
Medium
bronze

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