Athenian hydria with Medea

An image of Vessel/hydria/water-jar. With Medea. Production Place: Athens. Clay, red-figured, height 0.297 m, width 0.288 m, 450 B.C. Classical Period.

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Vessel/hydria/water-jar. With Medea. Production Place: Athens. Clay, red-figured, height 0.297 m, width 0.288 m, 450 B.C. Classical Period.

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Accession Number: GR.12.1917
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/13.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 821 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 104.65kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 13/1

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5th Century Ancient Greece antiquity Athenian Attic attire BC box Classical Greek Period clay clothes clothing container costume dress female Fitz_ANT Greek hair hairstyle handle handled headdress hydria jar Medea mythological mythology peplos red-figured sorceress sorcery two-handled vessel water jar woman women

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