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Hydria (water jar): Mourning Women
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Funerary scene with three women and a hydria. One carries a tray of lekythoi.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
David M. Robinson Baltimore MD (by 1937-1958) bequest; to Fogg Art Museum 1960.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Bequest of David M. Robinson
Title: Hydria (water jar): Mourning Women
Description:
Funerary scene with three women and a hydria.
One carries a tray of lekythoi.
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