Situla
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Situla, from the Latin word for bucket or pail, is the term in archaeology and art history for a variety of elaborate bucket-shaped vessels from the Bronze Age to the Middle Ages, usually with a handl
Etruscan situla, 600–550 BC, tomb 68 at the Certosa necropolis
Urnfield culture, bronze situla with bird-headed sun ship motif, Hungary, c. 1000 BC.
Bronze situla, first century BC - Musée Saint-Raymond Toulouse
Bronze situla from Hallstatt, 800–750 BC
Vače Situla
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The Vače Situla is an ornamented Early Iron Age ritual bronze vessel found in the second half of the 19th century at the Hallstatt Archaeological Site in Vače in central Slovenia. It counts among the
Situla
…culture, and the eastern zone of the Hallstatt culture of Central and Southeast Europe. Here they have a distinctive style, often without a handle; the Vače situla is a Slovenian example. These usually have sides sloping outwards, then a sharp turn in at the shoulder, and outside Etruria often a short narrower…
Vače Situla, now on display in the National Museum of Slovenia
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The Vače Situla, Slovenia
Replica of the Vače situla