Terracotta Hadra hydria (water jar)

Unknown

213 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

The inscription on this vase states that it contained the cremated bones of a certain Timasitheos of Rhodes, a dignitary who died on an offical visit to Alexandria. The date of his death is precisely recorded as 19 May 213 B.C., using both the Macedonian and the Egyptian calendars.

Artist

Unknown

Date

213 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Ptolemaic, Cretan

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Purchase, 1890