Bronze Handle

Object/Artifact

-

Drexel Founding Collection

Name/Title

Bronze Handle

Entry/Object ID

522

Acquisition

Notes

Date: 1897 Means of Accession: purchase

Made/Created

Artist

Unidentified

Date made

circa 100 BCE - 300 CE

Place

Country

Italy

Continent

Europe

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

H, L, W: 1 1/4x4 1/4x2 9/16 in

Height

1-1/4 in

Width

2-9/16 in

Length

4-1/4 in

Material

Bronze

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Exhibition Label

Label

This bronze handle probably once attached to an olpe, a single-handed wine jug adopted by the Etruscans from the Greeks. The olpe was a common vessel shape throughout the ancient Mediterranean due to its simplicity and convenient size.