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Hydria (Water Jar)

Hydria (Water Jar)

Date: Ptolemaic Dynasty, about 210 BCE.
Dimensions:
H: 14 9/16 in. (37 cm); Diam (rim): 4 23/32 in. (12 cm); Diam (body): 9 1/16 in. (23 cm); Diam (foot): 3 15/16 in. (10 cm); Diam (with handles): 7 15/32 in. (19 cm)
Medium: Terracotta
Place of Origin: Made in Crete; found at Hadra, the cemetery east of Alexandria
Classification: Ceramics
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1928.166
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