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Source Description
Hadra vases are named for a cemetery in Hellenistic Alexandria, where such vessels held the ashes of the dead. Though shaped like an Athenian "hydria," or water jug, its sparse decoration suggests inspiration from Macedonia, where metal "hydriae" draped with gold wreaths were deposited in royal tombs. The Ptolemaic rulers of Egypt after Alexander the Great's conquest were themselves Macedonians and may have inspired this custom.
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Document identity
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22598
label
Hadra Vase
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object
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2
Source metadata
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22598
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contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Hadra Vase
description
Hadra vases are named for a cemetery in Hellenistic Alexandria, where such vessels held the ashes of the dead. Though shaped like an Athenian "hydria," or water jug, its sparse decoration suggests inspiration from Macedonia, where metal "hydriae" draped with gold wreaths were deposited in royal tombs. The Ptolemaic rulers of Egypt after Alexander the Great's conquest were themselves Macedonians and may have inspired this custom.
provenance
David Rosen [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1945, by gift.
date
ca. 230 BCE (Ptolemaic)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ceramics
hydriae
vases
jugs
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
36.7
height
38
depth
25.1
dimensionsRaw
H: 14 7/16 x W: 14 15/16 x Diam: 9 7/8 in. (36.7 x 38 x 25.1 cm)
Source extras
cul
Greek
style
Hellenistic
med
terracotta, wheel made
creator_ids
6256
collection_ids
GRC
EGY
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2507
2237
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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93a817fa853ae041
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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b159a5f9db876635
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no