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The escutcheon at the base of the handle is modeled into an elegant plant resembling an acanthus leaf, common in Apulian pottery of this period. "Suthina" is inscribed in Etruscan letters on the neck, indicating this object was made for the tomb.
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Title: Bronze oinochoe (jug)
Period: Hellenistic
Date: early 3rd century BCE
Culture: Etruscan
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: H. 14 in. (35.6 cm)
Classification: Bronzes
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1903
Accession Number: 03.24.1
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