Benvenuti Situla Explained

Created: 600 BC
Material:Bronze
Height:31.5 cm
Discovered Date:before 1887
Discovered Place:Este, Vento, Italy
Location:Este, Vento, Italy
Width:25.4 cm

The Benvenuti Situla is a bronze situla that dates to 600 BC. It is a product of the situla art that spread north from the Etruscans in this period, in this case to the Este culture that flourished in Este, Veneto during the 7th century BC. The vessel is now conserved in the local National Museum Atestino.[1] The relief work on the vessel depicts scenes of aristocratic life.[2] These include banqueting as well as scenes of military victory. The iconography of the relief scenes of the situla may indicate Etruscan influence.[3]

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Luca Zaghetto La situla Benvenuti di Este. Il poema figurato degli Antichi Veneti, Bologna 2017.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Leo Benvenuti. Museo nazionale Atestino. Giulia Fogolari. La situla Benvenuti nel Museo di Este. 1976. Atesa.
  2. Book: E. Norman Gardiner. Athletics in the Ancient World. 11 June 2012. Courier Corporation. 978-0-486-14745-1. 122–.
  3. Book: Joshua Whatmough. The Foundations of Roman Italy. 8 May 2015. Taylor & Francis. 978-1-317-59324-9. 211–.