Bronze kyathos (ladle)

Etruscan

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 170

Small bronze and terracotta vessels of this Sant'Anatolia type are common in Etruscan tombs from about 450 to about 250 B.C. Often deposited in groups of three to seven of slightly different sizes, they were likely used to ladle wine from larger vessels or perhaps to measure water when mixing it with wine. Falerii (Civita Castellana) has been suggested as the location for the workshop that produced these kyathoi as well as the beaked jugs in this case.

Bronze kyathos (ladle), Bronze, Etruscan

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