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{{object
{{object
|name=Situla in Providence
|name=Situla in Providence
|type_object=situla
|type_object=vessel
|type=situla
|material=bronze
|material=bronze
|dimension=height 26.6 cm; diam. 21 cm (top), 23.6 cm (widest section), 13 cm (bottom)
|dimension=height: 26.6 cm, rim diameter: 21 cm, maximum diameter: 23.6 cm, base diameter: 13 cm
|condition=repaired
|dimension_max=26.6 cm
|date=550-500 BC
|condition=restored
|date_derivation‎=typology
|culture_archaeological=Hallstatt
|sortdate=-537
|date=third quarter of the 6<sup>th</sup> century BC
|date_derivation=typology
|site=unknown
|site=unknown
|find_circumstances=art trade
|date_find=unknown
|location=Rhode Island School of Design Museum
|location=Rhode Island School of Design Museum
|inventory_number=Mary B. Jackson Fund 32.245
|inventory_number=Mary B. Jackson Fund 32.245
|source=Frey 1962: 1-57
|checklevel=0
|checklevel=5
|problem=bilder, size, archaeological culture, date: sorting value, layout
}}
}}
'''Find circumstances''': The situla was retrieved from the Italian art trade. The indication of source - the Etruscan necropolis at the Certosa di Bologna - is doubtful (Frey 1962: 1); the fact that a related object (the Situla Certosa, Frey 1962: 59 Nr 4) was found there can either support or challenge the claim.
==Commentary==
'''Provenance''': Lucke (= Frey 1962) places the situla in the context of others from the area of the Eastern Alps and Northern Italy and assumes that it was manufactured by "Illyrians" in the valley of the Adige rather than in the South (p.5 1), but Frey argues for locating a non-Etruscan workshop near Bologna (p. 57). The website of the RISD Museum, however, calls the object Etruscan (http://risdmuseum.org/art_design/objects/95_pail_situla).
Published in {{bib|Frey 1962}}: 1–57.
'''Dating''': Lucke (= Frey 1962) dates the situla to the 3<sup>rd</sup> quarter of the 6<sup>th</sup> century BC (p. 46, but see also the comments of Frey p. 55f). On the website of the RISD Museum the object's dating is given as 530-525 BCE (http://risdmuseum.org/art_design/objects/95_pail_situla).
 
'''Photos''' of the repaired situla on http://risdmuseum.org/art_design/objects/95_pail_situla.
Images in {{bib|Frey 1962}}: pl. 1–3 (photos), {{bib|Marchesini & Zaghetto 2019}}: figs 1 and 2 (drawings of the decoration), on the [http://risdmuseum.org/art_design/objects/95_pail_situla RISD museum website] (photos of the restored situla), and on the [https://usepigraphy.brown.edu/projects/usep/inscription/RI.Prov.RISD.MA.Raet.32.245/ U.S. epigraphy project website] (photo).
 
The situla was retrieved from the Italian art trade. In the [[index::Rhode Island School of Design Museum|RISD museum's]] announcement of the situla in 1934, the Etruscan necropolis at the
Certosa di Bologna was given as find place, but the reliability of this statement was already qualified by {{bib|Frey 1962}}: 1. The fact that a similar object – the Situla Certosa – was found there can either support the claim or challenge it, in that it makes the necropolis a plausible find place for a seller to make up for a decorated situla (cf. {{bib|Frey 1962}}: 59).
 
In any case, the object can be dated to the third quarter of the 6<sup>th</sup> century on typological grounds ({{bib|Frey 1962}}: 46; Zaghetto in {{bib|Marchesini & Zaghetto 2019}}: 329), making it the oldest inscribed object in the Raetic corpus (disregarding [[index::BZ-17 axe]] with a non-alphabetic mark). The [https://risdmuseum.org/art_design/objects/95_pail_situla museum’s website] is even more specific, giving a dating of 530–525 BC.
 
Lucke (in {{bib|Frey 1962}}) places the situla in the context of others from the area of the Eastern Alps and Northern Italy and assumes that it was manufactured by "Illyrians" in the valley of the Adige rather than in the south (p. 51), but Frey argues for locating a non-Etruscan workshop near Bologna (p. 57). Zaghetto ({{bib|Marchesini & Zaghetto 2019}}: 329) agrees with Lucke on an "Alpine or Pre-Alpine" origin, while the [http://risdmuseum.org/art_design/objects/95_pail_situla museum] calls the object Etruscan.
 
See Zaghetto in {{bib|Marchesini & Zaghetto 2019}}: 329 for a detailed description and study of the situla's decorative programme.
 
The object is included in the collection of the U.S. epigraphy project: Collections of Greek and Latin Inscriptions in the USA ([https://usepigraphy.brown.edu/projects/usep/inscription/RI.Prov.RISD.MA.Raet.32.245/ RI.Prov.RISD.MA.Raet.32.245]).
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Object
Proper name: Situla in Providence
Classification: vessel
Archaeological type: situla
Material: bronze
Size: height: 26.6 cm, rim diameter: 21 cm, maximum diameter: 23.6 cm, base diameter: 13 cm
Condition: restored
Archaeological culture: Hallstatt
Date: third quarter of the 6th century BC
Date derived from: typology
Site: unknown
Coordinates (approx.): none
Find date: unknown
Find circumstances: art trade
Current location: Rhode Island School of Design Museum
Inventory Nr.: Mary B. Jackson Fund 32.245
Inscription: HU-7 (?ẹḳiesiuṭikutanin/metḷainile)

Images

HU-7 situla
Object HU-7 situla.
HU-7 situla
Mark on the rim of HU-7 situla
HU-7 situla
Object HU-7 situla.
HU-7 situla
Object HU-7 situla.
HU-7 situla
Object HU-7 situla.

HU-7 situla
Object HU-7 situla with inscription HU-7.

Commentary

Published in Frey 1962: 1–57.

Images in Frey 1962: pl. 1–3 (photos), Marchesini & Zaghetto 2019: figs 1 and 2 (drawings of the decoration), on the RISD museum website (photos of the restored situla), and on the U.S. epigraphy project website (photo).

The situla was retrieved from the Italian art trade. In the RISD museum's announcement of the situla in 1934, the Etruscan necropolis at the Certosa di Bologna was given as find place, but the reliability of this statement was already qualified by Frey 1962: 1. The fact that a similar object – the Situla Certosa – was found there can either support the claim or challenge it, in that it makes the necropolis a plausible find place for a seller to make up for a decorated situla (cf. Frey 1962: 59).

In any case, the object can be dated to the third quarter of the 6th century on typological grounds (Frey 1962: 46; Zaghetto in Marchesini & Zaghetto 2019: 329), making it the oldest inscribed object in the Raetic corpus (disregarding BZ-17 axe with a non-alphabetic mark). The museum’s website is even more specific, giving a dating of 530–525 BC.

Lucke (in Frey 1962) places the situla in the context of others from the area of the Eastern Alps and Northern Italy and assumes that it was manufactured by "Illyrians" in the valley of the Adige rather than in the south (p. 51), but Frey argues for locating a non-Etruscan workshop near Bologna (p. 57). Zaghetto (Marchesini & Zaghetto 2019: 329) agrees with Lucke on an "Alpine or Pre-Alpine" origin, while the museum calls the object Etruscan.

See Zaghetto in Marchesini & Zaghetto 2019: 329 for a detailed description and study of the situla's decorative programme.

The object is included in the collection of the U.S. epigraphy project: Collections of Greek and Latin Inscriptions in the USA (RI.Prov.RISD.MA.Raet.32.245).

Bibliography

Frey 1962 Otto-Herman Frey (Ed.); Wolfgang Lucke, Die Situla in Providence (Rhode Island). Ein Beitrag zur Situlenkunst des Osthallstattkreises [= Römisch-Germanische Forschungen 26], Berlin: 1962.
Marchesini & Zaghetto 2019 Simona Marchesini, Luca Zaghetto, "The Situla in Providence. A comprehensive analysis of inscription and decorative program", in: Simon Hye, Ulrike Töchterle (eds), UPIKU:TAUKE. Festschrift für Gerhard Tomedi zum 65. Geburtstag [= Universitätsforschungen zur prähistorischen Archäologie 339], Bonn: 2019, 329–341.
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