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Dark bronze situla with a looped handle, its body engraved with hieroglyphs and a tall figure of a tree-goddess.

Ceremonial Situla of the 'Great Praised' Penmin showing Nut as a tree

A dark bronze situla, or ritual bucket, with a looped swing handle and a tapering body. The surface is engraved with rows of hieroglyphs near the rim, a tall plant-like figure, and small seated and standing figures lower down. The fine linework suggests a ritual vessel of the Ptolemaic period.

Look closer: Small standing and seated figures engraved near the base of the vessel.

Artist
Unknown
Date
332–30 BCE
Medium
Bronze
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
3000 × 4000 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date -30).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fletcher Fund, 1965

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