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Accession_Number

34.2.2

Shape

Hydria

Shape_description

Small hydria with plain everted rim, with a round lip, curving continuously to a narrow concave neck and a sloping shoulder, then an ovoid body attached to a short disk foot, tapering on both exterior and interior, with a flat resting surface and a pointed underside. The vertical strap handle, slightly concave on its outer side, reaches from the lip to the widest part of the body, where it curves into the shoulder. Two horizontal d-shaped, upcurving handles, round in section, also rise up from the join of the shoulder and body.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Boeotian

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

7.5YR 5/4

Decoration

Black glazed except below the neck on the interior, on the friezes (between handles) on the exterior, and on the underside. Just above the handles a short frieze consists of a series of short bars, vertically arranged; below these is a frieze filled with a pair of sideways 7- to 9-petalled palmettes, and either side of upright palm fronds, which enclose an upright 9-petalled palmette. A pair of tendrils emerge from either side of each palmette.

Inscriptions

Condition

Front of lip partly missing. Shoulder and mouth worn and spotted.

Technique/Style

Black figure

Provenance

Period

Date

Dating_details

Artist

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Image

2002.97.0655.jpg	Front view of a Boeotian black-figure hydria, decorated with palmettes.
2002.97.0656.jpg	Top view of a Boeotian black-figure hydria, showing that part of the lip is missing.
2002.97.0657.jpg	Back view of a Boeotian black-figure hydria, showing all three handles.
2002.97.0658.jpg	Bottom view of a Boeotian black-figure hydria, showing the lower body and the base.
2004.13.0009.jpg	Front view of a Boeotian black-figure hydria, with palmettes on the shoulder.
2010.98.0283.jpg	Oblique view from above of the front of a Boeotian black-figure hydria, showing the three handles and the mouth.
2010.98.0284.jpg	Front view of a Boeotian black-figure hydria, showing the two lateral handles anf the decor on the body.
2010.98.0285.jpg	Left side view of a Boeotian black-figure hydria, showing the handle on the back.
2010.98.0286.jpg	Back view of a Boeotian black-figure hydria, showing the black portion of the body and the threee handles.
2010.98.0287.jpg	Right side view of a Boeotian black-figure hydria, showing the handle on the back.
2010.98.0288.jpg	Over head view of a Boeotian black-figure hydria, showing the three handles and the damaged rim.
2010.98.0289.jpg	View of the base of a Boeotian black-figure hydria.