#situla

[michael-svetbird]

ATHENA & PERSEUS: Apulian Red-figured Situla with "Athena giving Perseus a harpe [sickle] to cut off Medusa's head." "A particularly fine vase in the Plain Style, but the increased use of added yellow indicates influence from the Ornate Style." [txt ©BM] Attributed to the Perseus and Athena Painter From Basilicata [ancient Lucania and Apulia region] Magna Grecia Ca 370 BC [ Situla : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Situla ].

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[thesilicontribesman]

Bronze Situla (bucket) decorated with a frieze of eight animals and a man with a cloak and staff, possibly a goatherd and flock, 600-400 BCE. Vače, Slovenia

Situla are found in rich graves in central Europe and northeast Italy at this time.

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

[archaeologs]

A Gnathian Situla, from Apulia, South Italy. Attributed to the workshop of the Konnakis Painter. This situla depicts a phlyax moving to the right along a dotted ground line while looking back over his shoulder. The figure's demeanour and gesture convey his comic appeal.

Learn more / Daha fazlası Konnakis Painter: https://www.archaeologs.com/w/konnakis-painter/

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Situla (Bucket for Holy Water).

Date: A.D. 860–880

Place of origin: northern France

Culture: Carolingian

Medium: Ivory with gilded copper-alloy mounts and foil inlays.

[thatshowthingstarted]

EGYPTIAN BRONZE SITULA,

Third Intermediate Period, 21ST-22ND Dynasty, Circa 1070-712 B.C,

The tapering vessel is engraved with a scene and accompanying hieroglyphic text, depicting three male figures, in front of a procession of four deities, each captioned: 'Amun-Re, Lord of the Thrones of the Two Lands'; 'Amun-Opet'; 'Mut; 'Khonsu in Thebes, Nefer-hotep'. 

There are five columns of text above, reading 'Life, Prosperity, Health, and a Good Lifespan to Khonsu-iir-di-s(u), Justified; his son Di-Amen-en-Khonsu; [his son] Nes-pa-nefer-her', a long column between reading 'Praise of Amen-Re, Lord of the Thrones of the Two Lands, [Foremost in] Karnak, [Lord] of Heaven, Ruler of his [sic] Thebes, that he may give', separating them a horizontal band of hieroglyphs below '[. . . praising or addressing?] the face of (my) Lord Amen[-Re?] in order to request Life, Prosperity, Health and a Good Lifespan; made [by] the Bearer of the Offering-loaves(?) of Amen-Opet, Hori, Justified. He says: [. . . .]'.

5 in. (12.7 cm.) high excl. handle,

Christie’s

[heaveninawildflower]

Situla (Greek, South Italian, circa 350–340 B.C.).

Painted by the Varrese Painter.

Images and text courtesy MFA Boston.

[glencairnmuseum]

In ancient Egypt bronze situlae like this one were used for offering water or milk in temples and in the mortuary cult of private tombs. This example is decorated in the typical manner with lotus blossoms. a scene of baboons adoring the sun god in his solar boat, and a procession of various deities. (Late Period - Ptolemaic Period)

[kittywolfxxx]

Made a new folder on toyhouse for this chick >:V the things i do for order