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Jars and Pithoi › Hydria

A symmetrical wide-necked vessel, the family of Cypriot storage and transport jars, pithoi and painted jars, including the amphora.

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Wares

White Painted ware (Iron Age)3
Plain White ware (Iron Age)1
Red Slip ware (Iron Age)1

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Hellenistic3
Cypro-Archaic1
Cypro-Classical II1
Cypro-Geometric1

Decoration techniques

Painted6
Undecorated1

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Wavy lines1

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Cyprus6
Crete3

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Kourion2
Amathus1

Object types

Pottery vessel8
Glass vessel1
Terracotta figure-vessel1

Materials

Clay9
Glass1

Collections

Royal Ontario Museum3
The British Museum Collection3
Archeological Museum, Kourion1
Pierides Museum, Larnaca1
The Cyprus Museum, Jacksonville1
The Metropolitan Museum of Art1

Objects

10 objects

'Hadra' Hydria originally used as a cinerary urn
Hellenistic
'Hadra' Hydria used as a cinerary urn
Hellenistic
'Hadra' Hydria used as a cinerary urn
Anthropomorphic Jar
Geometric
Cobalt Glass Hydria
Classical
Cypro-Archaic White Ware Hydria
Geometric III
Hydria
Classical
Plain White Hydria
Archaic II
Small White Painted Jar
Geometric
White Painted Hydria
Geometric I