Hydria handle in the form of hands

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Inventory number

ΕΑΜ Χ 7158

Category

Vessel attachment

Period

Archaic Period

Date

540-520 BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.2 m

Material

Bronze

Location

First Floor Case 18, Νο 8

Description
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Intact bronze vessel handle probably belonging to an hydria or less likely a situla. The handle ends in hand palms positioned with the thumbs facing upwards, thus giving the impression that the vessel was hand held. It was secured on the vessel with two bronze nails, one placed in the middle of each palm.

De Ridder, A., Bronzes Trouvés sur l' Acropole d'Athènes, Paris, 1896, σελ. 52, εικ. 24, αρ. κατ. 154
Βοκοτοπούλου, Ι., Χαλκαί κορινθιουργείς πρόχοι, Αθήναι, 1975, σελ. 132-135
Tarditi, C., Bronze Vessels from the Acropolis: Style and Decoration in Athenian Production between the Sixth and Fifth Centuries BC, Thiasos Monografie 7, Roma, 2016, σελ. 185, 266, 323, αρ. κατ. 7158