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Attic Kalpis, Komastes and urinating woman. Attic red-figure kalpis, ca. 500 BC. "(Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Louvre)"
Kalpis, Sappho Painter, ca. 510 BC, National Museum, Warsaw

A kalpis is a type of Greek pottery vessel used for carrying water. It is a two-handled variant of the hydria.