id:			113309
accession number:	1932.32
share license status:	CC0
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updated:		2023-03-04 09:29:50.328000

Decorated Situla, 305–30 BC. Egypt, Ptolemaic Dynasty. Bronze; diameter: 15.5 cm (6 1/8 in.); diameter of mouth: 10.2 cm (4 in.); overall: 28.3 cm (11 1/8 in.); with handle: 45.2 cm (17 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund 1932.32

title:				Decorated Situla
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creation date:			305–30 BC
creation date earliest:		-305
creation date latest:		-30
current location:		107 Egyptian
creditline:			The Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund
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culture:	Egypt, Ptolemaic Dynasty
technique:	bronze
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Egypt - Ptolemaic Dynasty
type:		Vessels
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measurements: Diameter: 15.5 cm (6 1/8 in.); Diameter of mouth: 10.2 cm (4 in.); Overall: 28.3 cm (11 1/8 in.); with handle: 45.2 cm (17 13/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* London, Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, 8 September-3 October 1931

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PROVENANCE

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The situla was a deluxe ritual vessel that played an important role in Egyptian religious ceremonies. The two scenes on this situla exemplify the dual roles of a pious Egyptian in the afterlife: receiving offerings from his family on the one hand and making offerings to the gods on the other. On one side of the vessel the deceased, Padiamennebnesuttawy ("He who Amen, lord of Karnak, gives"), sits in a low chair accompanied by his pet dog. The vertical, cross-shaped sign preceding the animal is his name, Nefer, meaning "good one" or "beautiful one." On the right, the deceased's eldest son, Amenhotep, makes offerings of incense and water to his father. On the other side the deceased demonstrates his piety by making an offering of round loaves of bread, vegetables, and meat to the gods. Opposite him are the gods who are the recipients of his offerings—Osiris, god of the dead; Horus, son of Isis; and Isis herself—each of whom wears elaborate beaded and feathered garments.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 12
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n27

	Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač.<em> Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 492; Mentioned: p. 492-3
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	Director’s correspondence file for W.M. Flinders Petrie, 1914-1937, Box 18, Folder 15, Frederic Allen Whiting Records, CMA Archives.
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