Hydria (Water Jar) (Primary Title)
Unknown (Artist)
Designed for everyday use, this vessel was hammered from a single piece of bronze to which a cast rim, foot, and handles were added; traces of gilding are still visible. Water jars in different materials were common vessels in antiquity; this 4th-century example is taller and slimmer than earlier versions. Although designed for everyday use, the inscription of punched dots on the rim indicates that this vessel was reused as a funerary urn.
Hellenistic Period
Inscribed on rim: "Charonidas, farewell" and the letters "DEI"
Inscribed on rim:(“Charonidas, farewell;” the significance of ÄÅÉ cannot be determined)
Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund
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