ID: 700006913 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006913	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Situla (situla; Unknown Gallo-Roman (Gallo-Roman Artist); 210 - 230; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles...; 96.AC.55)

Note: Slender vessel with flaring sides, whose shape resembles the Greek kalathos, a basket that was used for wool-working and harvesting grapes. The bronze sides are decorated with strips of plain and ornamented tin. From the top: two plain rows enframe a row with dots. Below this is a row ornamented with a foliate frieze, bordered above and below by two plain bands. The central figural frieze shows Dionysos and his retinue, with a single band above and below. Below is another foliate band, a laurel frond, with a single band above and below. The bottom band shows dolphins, with a single band above and below. The bottom of the vessel is missing.

Titles:

Situla (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Vessel with Images of Bacchus (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

situla [300198870] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by function or context>, ceremonial containers, liturgical containers, liturgical vessels)

Classifications:

vessels / containers (preferred)

Creation Date: 210 - 230

Creator Display:

Unknown Gallo-Roman (Gallo-Roman Artist) [preferred,JPGM]

unknown Gallo-Roman (Gallo-Roman cultural designation) [500354958]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500125181] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 96.AC.55

Display Materials: Bronze with tin plating

	tin (metal) [300133748]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <tin and tin alloys>)

	bronze (metal) [300010957]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <copper and copper alloy>, copper alloy)

	plating (metal coating) [300053991]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <processes and techniques by material>, <metalworking and metalworking processes and techniques>, <metalworking processes and techniques>, <metal coating processes and techniques>)

Dimensions: Object: H: 33.5 cm (13 3/16 in.) Object (rim): Diam.: 27.2 cm (10 11/16 in.) Object (base): Diam.: 17 cm (6 11/16 in.)

Cultures:

(preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Imperial (Roman) [300020541] (preferred,style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Early Western World, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Ancient Italian, Roman (ancient Italian culture or period))

General Subject:

utilitarian objects (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Term Not Found
	..... AAT Candidate

	chariots (ancient vehicles) [300212699]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Transportation Vehicles (hierarchy name), vehicles (transportation), land vehicles, <land vehicles by form>, freewheeled vehicles, <freewheeled vehicles by form or function>) (AAT)

	Dionysos [901001029]
	.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	dolphins (animals) [300250159]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Cetacea (order)) (AAT)

	Eros [901000613]
	.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	fish (animals) [300266085]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum)) (AAT)

	maenads [300379712]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in the humanities>, <people in religion and related occupations>, people in religion, clergy, <ancient Greek and Roman clergy>) (AAT)

	Πάν [901001072]
	.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	panthers (Panthera genus) [300310374]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Carnivora (order), Felidae (family)) (AAT)

	satyrs [300379732]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), legendary beings) (AAT)

	laurel (wood) [300012188]
	.....(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>, wood (plant material), <wood by composition or origin>, hardwood) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Sources and Contributors:
Situla	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Vessel with Images of Bacchus	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

Note:
English	..... [JPGM]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)