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'Hadra' Hydria originally used as a cinerary urn, Hellenistic Cypriot
'Hadra' Hydria originally used as a cinerary urn, Hellenistic Cypriot, c. 235–220 BC. Ontario Museum, 919X13.27.© Ontario Museum

Hellenistic

'Hadra' Hydria originally used as a cinerary urn

Wheel-thrown earthenware, slip-painted 39.3 x 3 x 22.5 cm

Classification

Object type
Pottery vessel
Shape
JarHydria
Decoration
Painted
Material
Clay
Period
probablyHellenistic and RomanHellenistic
Date
235 - 220 BC
Place of production
Aegean and GreeceCrete

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Accession No.

919X13.27

Collection

Ontario Museum

Provenance

  • Made in Central Crete; found in Alexandria, Egypt

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