Detail of a Terracotta Hadra Hydria in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2011

Terracotta Hadra hydria (water jar)

Period: Hellenistic

Date: 213 B.C.

Culture: Greek, Ptolemaic, Cretan

Medium: Terracotta

Dimensions: 17 1/8 x 11 5/8 in. (43.5 x 29.5 cm)

Classification: Vases

Credit Line: Purchase, 1890

Accession Number: 90.9.29

Description: 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.

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/245557