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Object Number 34-25-40/8418
Display Title Situla
Descriptions
Object Description Situla of sheet bronze with rolled edges. Handle ends in the form of stylized birds' heads, and handle loop attachments are decorated with zigzags; body decorated with repousse ornament: two rows of stylized birds or flowers(?), one row of alternating stags and does, and one row of grazing animals. 27 x 26 cm. (height x diameter; est.)
Inventory Description Metal, vessel, situla, flat base, flared, handle, raised figurative designs
Classification
  • Vessels
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Early Iron Age
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Europe / Slovenia / <State> / <County> / <City> / Magdalenska Gora
Intrasite Tumulus V, grave 6-7-7a
Dimensions Overall: 28 x 26 x 26 cm (11 x 10 1/4 x 10 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 34-25-40/8418
Credit Line Museum Purchase, 1934.
Provenance
Provenance Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg (1913)

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