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Patera with Figural Handle

Etruscan (Artist)
4th-3rd century BCE (Late Classical-Hellenistic)
bronze with traces of gilding
(Roman Empire )

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.

Inscription

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

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.

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

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Italy (Place of Origin)

Measurements

14 9/16 x 7 3/4 x 1 1/16 in. (37 x 19.7 x 2.7 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters

Location in Museum

Centre Street: Second Floor: Etruscan Art

Accession Number

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54.162

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