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Ceremonial Situla of Penmin (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Bronze ritual vessel, Ptolemaic Period, Metropolitan Museum of Art

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A bronze ceremonial situla made for the "Great Praised" Penmin, dated to the Ptolemaic Period, 332 to 30 BCE. The vessel carries figures of Osiris, Isis, Nephthys, and Harsiese alongside the sky goddess Nut, shown in her form as a tree-goddess. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Isis, Deities

This source names Isis directly: "The vessel carries figures of Osiris, Isis, Nephthys, and Harsiese alongside the sky goddess Nut, shown in her form as a tree-goddess."

Isis, Figures

This source names Isis directly: "The vessel carries figures of Osiris, Isis, Nephthys, and Harsiese alongside the sky goddess Nut, shown in her form as a tree-goddess."

Nephthys, Deities

This source names Nephthys directly: "The vessel carries figures of Osiris, Isis, Nephthys, and Harsiese alongside the sky goddess Nut, shown in her form as a tree-goddess."

Osiris, Deities

This source names Osiris directly: "The vessel carries figures of Osiris, Isis, Nephthys, and Harsiese alongside the sky goddess Nut, shown in her form as a tree-goddess."

Osiris, Figures

This source names Osiris directly: "The vessel carries figures of Osiris, Isis, Nephthys, and Harsiese alongside the sky goddess Nut, shown in her form as a tree-goddess."

Belongs to Tradition

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Nut, Figures

The Metropolitan Museum of Art's own title for this bronze situla names Nut as a tree-goddess among the figures on the vessel.

Sources
Ceremonial Situla of Penmin, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of ArtMetropolitan Museum of Art 65.116View the Source
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