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Source Description
This pot is similar to 54.108. The body was cast. The undecorated handle was cast and is attached to the bottom by a heart-shaped plaque and to the top by a plaque and two rivets.The pot was intended to be suspended, probably over a cooking fire, since it is not able to stand straight and has a ring for suspension over its center of gravity. A similar vase, with a triangular loop through the ring, was found in the Gallic cemetery at Montefortino; another was found in a Gallic grave at San Ginesio. These and others are in the museum at Ancona. Others are in the Museo delle Terme and the Villa Giulia in Rome. While sometimes considered characteristically Gallic, the presence of such vases around Rome suggests that they were taken by the Gauls from this region or from Etruscan sources.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
37174
label
Olpe
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
37174
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Olpe
description
This pot is similar to 54.108. The body was cast. The undecorated handle was cast and is attached to the bottom by a heart-shaped plaque and to the top by a plaque and two rivets.The pot was intended to be suspended, probably over a cooking fire, since it is not able to stand straight and has a ring for suspension over its center of gravity. A similar vase, with a triangular loop through the ring, was found in the Gallic cemetery at Montefortino; another was found in a Gallic grave at San Ginesio. These and others are in the museum at Ancona. Others are in the Museo delle Terme and the Villa Giulia in Rome. While sometimes considered characteristically Gallic, the presence of such vases around Rome suggests that they were taken by the Gauls from this region or from Etruscan sources.
provenance
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [no. 85, part II]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
4th century BCE (Hellenistic)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
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vessels
pitchers
olpes
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1
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1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
18.2
height
17.9
dimensionsRaw
H without handle: 7 3/16 x Diam: 7 1/16 in. (18.2 x 17.9 cm)
Source extras
cul
Etruscan
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bronze
creator_ids
6291
collection_ids
ROM
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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