Plain White Hydria

Plain White Hydria

Description:

Pottery hydria or water carrier in Plain White or related coarse ware; wheel-made; ovoid body on a ring base; concave cylindrical neck flaring outwards to an everted rim; three handles, two opposing loop handles and a third arching from the shoulder to the neck; buff fabric.


Dimensions: Height: 28 centimetres


Object Type: hydria; jug


Ware: Plain White Ware (? Plain White V-VI (?)); Coarse Ware (?)


Techniques: wheel-made

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

600 - 400 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Kourion

Accession Number:

1982,0729.357