Key facts
- Artifact.name
- Hydria
- Artifact.image
- Hydria Hermonax Rhodes.jpg
- Artifact.image_caption
- A hydria, BC
- Artifact.material
- Ceramic and bronze
- Artifact.size
- Medium-volume container varying from 25cm to 50 cm, able to be carried by one or more people.
- Artifact.created
- Geometric period, archaic period, classical period Hellenistic period
- Artifact.discovered
- 19th century
- Artifact.writing
- Painters would sometimes inscribe their name onto the hydria.
- Artifact.culture
- Ancient Greek
- Artifact.symbols
- Mythological stories were often painted onto the hydria, as well as scenes of daily life, such as the collection of water.
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- jug
- Image
- Roman glass hydria from Baelo Claudia (M.A.N. 1926-15-287) 01.jpg
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- Commons category
- Hydriai
Sources (1)
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Article · Italiano
L'hydria (in greco antico: ὑδρία, hydría) è un vaso greco utilizzato principalmente per trasportare acqua, ma anche come urna cineraria o come contenitore per le votazioni.
Abstract from DBpedia / Wikipedia · CC BY-SA