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'Hadra' Hydria used as a cinerary urn, Hellenistic Cypriot
'Hadra' Hydria used as a cinerary urn, Hellenistic Cypriot, c. 260–200 BC. Ontario Museum, 919X13.30.© Ontario Museum

Hellenistic

'Hadra' Hydria used as a cinerary urn

Wheel-thrown earthenware, slip-painted 39.5 x 30.4 cm

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Shape
JarHydria
Decoration
Painted
Material
Clay
Period
probablyHellenistic and RomanHellenistic
Date
260 - 200 BC
Place of production
Aegean and GreeceCrete

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Collection

Ontario Museum

Provenance

  • Made in Central Crete; found in Alexandria, Egypt

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Accession no.
919X13.30, Ontario Museum

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