HU-7 situla
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| Proper name: | Situla in Providence |
| Classification: | vessel |
| Archaeological type: | Situla |
| Material: | bronze |
| Size: | height 26.6 cm, diameter top 21 cm, widest section 23.6 cm, bottom 13 cm |
| Condition: | restored |
| Archaeological culture: | Hallstatt |
| Date: | 550–500 centuries BC |
| Date derived from: | typology |
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| 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 |
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| Inscription: | HU-7 (?ẹḳiesiuṭikutanin/metḷainile) |
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| Sources: | Frey 1962: 1–57, pl. 1–3 |
Images
 Object HU-7 situla.
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 Mark on the rim of HU-7 situla
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 Object HU-7 situla.
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 Object HU-7 situla.
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 Object HU-7 situla.
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 Object HU-7 situla with inscription HU-7.
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Commentary
Situla in Providence.
The situla was retrieved from the Italian art trade. The indication of source - the Etruscan necropolis at the Certosa di Bologna - is doubtful (cp. Frey 1962: 1); the fact that a related object - the Situla Certosa - was found there can either support or challenge the claim (cp. Frey 1962: 59, No. 4).
Lucke 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 (Frey 1962: 51), but Frey argues for locating a non-Etruscan workshop near Bologna (Frey 1962: 57). The museum, however, calls the object Etruscan (cp. website of the RISD Museum).
Lucke dates the situla to the 3rd quarter of the 6th century BC (Frey 1962: 46, but see also the comments of Frey p. 55 et seq.). On the website of the RISD Museum the object's dating is given as 530–525 BC.
For photos of the restored situla see: http://risdmuseum.org/art_design/objects/95_pail_situla.
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. |
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| 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. |
