Situla with Procession of Divinities and Worshippers

ca. 305-30 BCE (Ptolemaic)

7.3 cm 20.6 cm

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Situlae were vessels used to pour offerings of milk or water in purification rituals. They take the form of a human breast and were associated with the goddess Isis. Incense burners were also used extensively in temple and funerary ceremonies. Incense, considered a purifying e...

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Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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