Situlae
Object NameSitulae
Date6th-3rd century BCE
OriginEqyptian
MediumBronze
Dimensions3 × 1 1/8 in. (7.6 × 2.9 cm)
ClassificationsDecorative Arts, Metal
Credit LineGift of Ann and Henry Brunnier. In the Ann and Henry Brunnier Collection, Brunnier Art Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Object number4.1.7
Status
Not on viewCollections
CultureRoman
Label Text"Situlae are vessels for libations.The type to which this one belongs is encircled with a particular arrangement of gods and scenes, and is frequently found, often with its loop handle still affixed. Examples are mostly rather small. Unless there is excavation information, the objects cannot be closely dated but seem to relate to iconography popular from the Saite into early Roman periods.
The scenes seen at the rim and in the central field on this object recur with minor variations on almost all situlae of this type. In the top register the sun-god in his day-bark is adored by baboons, while his night-bark is drawn by jackals. In the wider middle field the deceased is seen behind an offering table with a large lotus worshiping a number of deities led by the ithyphallic Amen-Re, who is followed by here by Horus, Isis and Nephthys, Ptah, Sakhmet and the Nefertum fetish."
Source: metmuseum.org
Locations
- (not entered) Iowa State University, Brunnier Main Storage
Object Name: Isis Figure Holding Child Horus
664-31 BCE
Object number: 4.1.5
