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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)"

A kalpis is a type of Greek pottery used for carrying water. It is a variant of hydria having just two handles.

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