RE-IDENTIFYING THE KYME HYDRIA: NEW IDEAS AND INTERPRETATIONS OF ITS TYPOLOGY, DATE AND ORIGIN

dc.contributor.authorKaba, Hazar
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-23T19:47:44Z
dc.date.available2025-03-23T19:47:44Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.departmentSinop Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractAncient hydriai made from bronze or other precious materials occupy an important place within the field of toreutic studies. These vessels, in addition to their principal purpose of holding liquids, were also preferred as containers for the ashes of the deceased, and so were placed in the graves of ancient Greeks in significant quantities mostly in the Archaic period but also in the Classical. Present-day Turkey, ancient Asia Minor, has supplied a vast assemblage of a range of toreutic vessels from various eras of antiquity. In 2012 a new addition was made to this assemblage with the discovery of an exceptional bronze hydria in the necropolis of the ancient Aeolian city of Kyme. Carefully produced and richly adorned with a relief plaquette of Dionysos and Silenus, this vessel was first published several years after its discovery. However, it has yet to receive a full treatment, including a detailed comparison with other examples. This paper aims to rectify this situation by re-identifying the Kyme hydria through a wide-ranging study. Firstly, the vessel will be re-evaluated in terms of its find context, including assessment of the other finds recovered from the same tomb. There follows a detailed typological analysis in which analogies are drawn with contemporary metal vessels. This will help both to challenge the previously suggested use, production technique and date and to identify the possible origin of this vessel. Last but not least, comments are made on how this exceptional hydria might have found its way to Kyme and the significance of this within the wider world of Greek toreutics.
dc.identifier.endpage285
dc.identifier.issn0046-1628
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85131597541
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3
dc.identifier.startpage245
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11486/7429
dc.identifier.volume57
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000773028000011
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.institutionauthorKaba, Hazar
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInst Classical Stud Acad Sci Czech Republic
dc.relation.ispartofEirene-Studia Graeca Et Latina
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WOS_20250323
dc.subjectKyme
dc.subjecthydria
dc.subjectDionysos
dc.subjectSilenus
dc.subjectlate 4th century BC
dc.titleRE-IDENTIFYING THE KYME HYDRIA: NEW IDEAS AND INTERPRETATIONS OF ITS TYPOLOGY, DATE AND ORIGIN
dc.typeArticle

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