M0016189EB: Hydria (water carrier) showing two women with offerings at an altar, from Southern Italy, 4th century BC

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Hydria (water carrier) showing 2 women with offerings at an altar, from Southern Italy

Photograph of a terracotta hydria (water carrier) decorated with a red carved design showing two women with offerings at an altar. From Southern Italy and dated from the second quarter of the 4th century BC. It was purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1932 and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R481/1936). It is not held by Wellcome Collection. Related material: M0016189EA

1957

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: accession number R481/1936.

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.