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MM 1965:010 :: oinochoe

Object description: Wide trefoil mouth; a small rotelle on rim at either side of handle; flaring neck; moulding at junction between neck and body; broad, slightly raised, vertical band handle from rim to shoulder; piriform body; ring base. Black fabric with fair sheen. Three groups of encircling, incised lines at mid-body.

Data elements
References (5)

Inventory number

MM 1965:010

Serie nummer

3191

Object

oinochoe

Country - Findspot

Italy : Europe

Place - Findspot

Vulci

Material

Earthenware; Clay; Pottery

Material, Swedish

Keramik

Exhibitions

Exhibition; right showcase inside.

Context

Osteria necropolis, Tomb 25.

Acquisition

Purchased from Hercle s.r.l., Rome 1964.

Description

Wide trefoil mouth; a small rotelle on rim at either side of handle; flaring neck; moulding at junction between neck and body; broad, slightly raised, vertical band handle from rim to shoulder; piriform body; ring base. Black fabric with fair sheen. Three groups of encircling, incised lines at mid-body.

Time - Manufacturing, earliest

600-550 BC

Period

Orientalising-Archaic (Etruscan)

Period, Swedish

600-550 f.Kr.; Orientaliserande-arkaisk (Etruskisk)

Exhibition - Current

Study Gallery

Description: Upstairs, in interaction with the Baghdad Cafe, opened in February 2009, the upper gallery. A rich variety of objects retrieved from the museum's storerooms, many of them shown for the first time. A series of booths filled to the brim with beautiful vases functions as a traditional study collection of ancient ceramics. Other booths highlights the thematic elements of the ancient world: the subject of everyday and festive, and images of gods, humans and animals. (www.medelhavsmuseet.se, 2009-07-13, google translate).
Time - Start: 2009-022009-02

Exhibition, Part of - Current

Study Gallery - Showcase 14:08.

Comments

Urval Galleriet.; An oinochoe (pl. oinochoai, alternatively spelled oenochoe/oenochoai) is a single-handled vessel, more specifically a jug, usually taller than it is wide. They come in many different shapes and forms, with variations in profile, mouth-type and handle-form. They functioned as pouring vessels for wine and have taken their name from the Greek words “oinos” (wine) and “cheo” (I pour). Miniature versions were often placed in children’s graves.

Keyword

ceramics

Publications

Vulci. Zona dell’”Osteria”. Scavi della “Hercle”, 1, Rome 1964, 45-46, Grave 25:11.

Pottery Ware

Bucchero

Height / Höjd

28,3 cm

Diameter

7,1 cm

Dimensions

H 28.3. Ø of base 7.1.

Condition

Mended.

Original register

GreekRoman

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