Hydria (Water Jar), about 515-500 BCE. Creator: Leagros Group.

Hydria (Water Jar), about 515-500 BCE. Creator: Leagros Group.

2-897-740 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Hydria (Water Jar), about 515-500 BCE. A terracotta jar, wider at the top with a narrow neck and small handles, decorated in black, featuring human figures against red. One wrestles at center with a merman, creating a mass of tangled limbs, the creature's tail dominating the left portion of the scene.


Image Details


People Information

Creator
  1. Leagros Group: Attic: Black-figure painters

Medium
  1. Terracotta, decorated in the black-figure technique

Picture Type
  1. Arts of the ancient mediterranean and byzantium

Geographic Hierarchy

World Europe Greece

  1. 39 00 00 N , 022 00 00 E

World Europe Greece Periféreia Protevoúsis Athens

  1. 37 59 00 N , 023 44 00 E

World Asia Turkey Mediterranean Region

  1. 37 00 00 N , 034 00 00 E

Category Hierarchy

History & Politics Artefacts


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3657x4960
File Size : 53,141kb


Aliases

  1. 1889.15
  1. 162
  1. 1000021416
  1. 1889.15
  1. 2-897-740
  1. 2897740

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