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| Keywords: Etruscan - Beaked Oinochoe - Walters 5496.jpg An oinochoe is a vessel for pouring wine On the shoulder is engraved ANIOVM Shuthina in reverse meaning sepulchral indicating the object was consecrated in a tomb and was not to be used by the living Adorning the top of the handle is a ram's head The handle's base incorporates a relief of a satyr seated on a wall century 5 BC bronze cm 24 5 15 4 14 3 accession number 54 96 23779 Mengi and Hakky Bey Collections Dikran Kelekian Paris and New York Henry Walters Baltimore by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Transcription NIOVM rams head place of origin Italy Walters Art Museum license Etruscan art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Hakky Bey | ||||
