Patera with Figural Handle

Description A patera is a shallow bowl used for rituals. Around the rim of the bowl is inscribed: ANIOVM (Shuthina, in reverse, meaning "sepulchral"), an inscription indicating the object was meant to be placed in a tomb. The handle is in the form of a muscular nude woman wearing a necklace and shoes who supports the edge of the bowl with her upraised arms. The ring below her feet is for suspension.

Provenance Browne and Forman Collections; W. H. Forman Collection Sale, London, 1899, no. 134; Henry Walters, Baltimore, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Translation] ANIOVM (Shuthina, in reverse, meaning "sepulchral")

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters