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title: Hydria
author: Trustees of the British Museum
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1151/hydria/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Hydria
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## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/1151.jpg)
## Image Caption
A hydria (plural: hydriai) was an ancient [Greek](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/greek/) vessel in clay or [bronze](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/bronze/) used to carry water. Two horizontal handles were used to carry the vessel and one vertical handle to pour. This example is from Attica, c. 500 BCE and the main body depicts two sirens with grapes and vine leaves. (British Museum, London).
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Museum, T. o. t. B. (2013, April 23). Hydria. *World History Encyclopedia*.
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