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Source Description
An oinochoe is a vessel for pouring wine. On the shoulder is engraved: [A]NIOVM (Shuthin[a], in reverse, meaning "sepulchral"), indicating the object was consecrated in a tomb and was not to be used by the living. Adorning the top of the handle is a ram's head. The handle's base incorporates a relief of a satyr seated on a wall.
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Document identity
localId
23779
label
Beaked Oinochoe
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obj
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object
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Source metadata
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23779
sourceUrl
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object
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normalized
title
Beaked Oinochoe
description
An oinochoe is a vessel for pouring wine. On the shoulder is engraved: [A]NIOVM (Shuthin[a], in reverse, meaning "sepulchral"), indicating the object was consecrated in a tomb and was not to be used by the living. Adorning the top of the handle is a ram's head. The handle's base incorporates a relief of a satyr seated on a wall.
provenance
Mengi and Hakky Bey Collections, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
6th century BCE (Archaic)
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
genreSpecific
Metal
oinochoai
vesselsoinochoe
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9
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import
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units
cm
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24.5
height
15.4
depth
14.3
dimensionsRaw
9 5/8 x 6 1/16 x 5 5/8 in. (24.5 x 15.4 x 14.3 cm)
Source extras
cul
Etruscan
inscriptions
[Transcription] ""NIOVM"" & rams head
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bronze
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6291
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ROM
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none
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