Terracotta Hadra hydria (water jar), Hellenistic, late 3rd century B.C., Greek, Ptolemaic, Cretan, Terracotta, h. 17 7/16 in (44.3 cm); d. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm), Vases, The body carries very faint traces of an inscription. The 'L' shaped stroke indicates that the regnal year, and therefore the date of this hydria, were at one time possible to determine before the part of the inscription which included the actual year faded
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Terracotta Hadra hydria, water jar, Hellenistic, late 3rd century B.C, Greek, Ptolemaic, Cretan, Terracotta, h, 17 7/16, 44.3 cm, d, 9 1/2, 24.1, Vases, body, carries, faint traces, inscription, L, shaped stroke, indicates, regnal year, date, hydria, time possible, determine, part, included, actual, faded
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