Etruscan Beaked Oinochoe in the Walters Art Museum, September 2009

Beaked Oinochoe

An oinochoe is a vessel for pouring wine. On the shoulder is engraved: [A]NIOVM (Shuthin[a], 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.

Creator: Etruscan (Artist)

Period: 5th century BC

Medium: bronze (Metal)

Accession Number: 54.96

Measurements: 9 5/8 x 6 1/16 x 5 5/8 in. (24.5 x 15.4 x 14.3 cm)

Geography: Italy (Place of Origin)


Text from: art.thewalters.org/detail/23779/beaked-oinochoe/