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Accession_Number

60.8.2

Shape

Hydria

Shape_description

Rim of the mouth is a little bit wonky, with a ridge on the flat top. Cylindrical short neck. Almost flat shoulder. A single rounded handle curves down to the shoulder from the rim, and two horizontal, horseshoe shaped handles emerge from the top of the body. Body tapers down to small torus foot

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Euboean

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

5YR 7/6. Reddish yellow clay. No inclusions, mica

Decoration

Decoration in panel, shoulder: Two black lotus flowers (fired red) with white sepals alternating with buds (purple). Body: mantled woman in profile standing to right holding wreath between two mantled male figures. Black dots decorate part of their garments. The rest of the body is very patchy and is both red and black. Base is reserved.

Inscriptions

Condition

Complete and intact, but in fairly bad condition. It has been badly fired, which has left the glaze patchy, especially on the back of the body. Fired to reddish brown. Around the rim of the mouth, the glaze has been worn and scratched away to reveal the reserved clay, as it has around the handles. The decoration on the main zone is still fairly visible, but is worn in patches and flaking around the edges. At many parts, clay flaked off. Around the top of the foot is greyish white deposit, also evident around the handles. There is a large chip in the foot. White has faded.

Technique/Style

Black figure

Provenance

Period

High Archaic

Date

550-525

Dating_details

Artist

Dolphin Group

Attribution

Beazley classes this as 'Related to the Dolphin Group': Para 200.6

Image

2002.97.0708.jpg	Oblique view, from slightly above, of the front of a Euboean black-figure hydria, showing a woman between youths.
2002.97.0709.jpg	Top view of the front of a Euboean black-figure hydria, showing the mouth and the shoulder decoration.
2002.97.0710.jpg	Right side view of a Euboean black-figure hydria, showing handles and part of the main decoration.
2002.97.0711.jpg	Back view of a Euboean black-figure hydria, showing the handles.
2002.97.0712.jpg	Bottom side view of a Euboean black-figure hydria, showing the reserved base.
2003.93.0364.jpg	Right side view of a Euboean black-figure hydria, showing handles and part of the main decoration.
2003.93.0366.jpg	Oblique view of the front of a Euboean black-figure hydria, showing a woman between youths.
2005.89.0065.jpg
2010.98.0184.jpg	Oblique top view of a Euboean, black-figure hydria.
2010.98.0185.jpg	Front view of a Euboean, black-figure hydria, depicting women and a youth.
2010.98.0186.jpg	Back view of a Euboean black-figure hydria.
2010.98.0187.jpg	Back view of a Euboean, black-figure hydria.
2010.98.0188.jpg	Side view of a Euboean, black-figure hydria.
2010.98.0189.jpg	Detail of a Euboean, black-figure hydria, depicting a man.
2010.98.0190.jpg	Detail of a Euboean, black-figure hydria, depicting a woman, holding a wreath, standing between two men.
2010.98.0191.jpg	Detail of a man standing next to a woman, from a Euboean, black-figure hydria.
2010.98.0192.jpg	Top view of a Euboean, black-figure hydria, lying on its side.
2010.98.0193.jpg	Oblique bottom view of a Euboean, black-figure hydria, lying on its side.