Shape
Hydria
ὑδρία
2688 vases
The three-handled water jar: two horizontal handles for lifting when full, one vertical for pouring. Women at the fountain house — one of the most common scenes in Greek art — carry hydriai.
Function & Use
Carrying and pouring water
2688 examples
Hydria
1300–1200 B.C.
Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar)
third quarter of the 6th century BCE
Frühattische Hydria
Mesogeia-Maler
· 720-680 v. Chr.
Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar)?
4th century BCE
Hydria
c. 700-650 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar)
ca. 525–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar)
third quarter of the sixth century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar)
mid-6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar)
third quarter of the sixth century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar)
520–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar)
550–540 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar)
second quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of a hydria (water jar)
third quarter of the sixth century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar)
second half of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar)
third quarter of the sixth century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar)
third quarter of the sixth century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar)
510–500 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar)
second quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar)
mid-6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar)
third quarter of the sixth century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar)?
510–500 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar)
520–510 BCE
Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar)
third quarter of the sixth century BCE
Terracotta hydria: kalpis (water jar)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar)
6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar)
mid-6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar)
late 6th/early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar)
second half of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar)?
6th/5th centuries BCE
Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar)
late 6th/early 5th century BCE
Terracotta hydria: kalpis (water jar)
late 6th/early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar)
third quarter of the sixth century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar)
late 6th/early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of a hydria (water jar)
third quarter of the sixth century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar)
third quarter of the sixth century BCE
Terracotta hydria: kalpis (water jar)
last quarter of the 6th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar)
late 6th/early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragments of a hydria (water jar)
third quarter of the sixth century BCE
Terracotta fragments of hydriai (water jars)
late 6th/early 5th century BCE
Terracotta fragment of a hydria (water jar)
third quarter of the 6th century BCE
Hydria with Frieze of Lions
6291
· 6th century BCE (Archaic)
Hydria with Lid
6291
· 6th century BCE (Etruscan)
Hydria, miniature
BF
6th century BCE
Terracotta hydria (water jar)
mid-6th century BCE
Terracotta hydria (water jar)
BF
2nd quarter of the 6th century BCE
Hydria with the Fight of Achilles and Memnon
6256
· ca. 575-550 BCE (Archaic (Late Corinthian))
HYDRIA, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, BLACK-FIGURE)
BF
ATALANTE GROUP
· -575 TO -525
Terracotta hydria (water jar)
BF
ca. 560–550 BCE
Terracotta hydria (water jar)
BF
the Ptoon Painter
· ca. 560 BCE
Terracotta hydria (water jar)
BF
the Circle of the Lydos
· ca. 560 BCE
Handle Attachment of a Hydria (water jar): Female Head and Gorgon Mask
mid 6th century BCE
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)