Statens museer för världskultur - Medelhavsmuseet
Hellenistic-Roman
pottery
ceramics
vessel
jug
kanna
oinochoe
1.3.0 2026-08-02 oinochoe Rådata 4281923 objekt Statens museer för världskultur - Medelhavsmuseet SMVK-MM Föremål http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/4281923 MME 2017:251 Oinochoe of red clay. Long ovoid to fusiform body with a narrow base and disc foot. Slender, concave neck ending in a flaring lip. Short handle from just below lip to shoulder. A series of four grooved lines running horizontally around the mid-part of the body. MME 2017:251, Belongs to the Strängnäs collection that was formed by the objects that an Italian nobleman named Pietro Pugioli, who lived in Alexandria in the 19th century, sent as a present to the Swedish captain C. Emil Göransson in 1880. The collection was kept at the Strängnäs Museum and Library. In 1945 it was donated by Södermanlands Fornminnesförening to Strängnäs Högre Allmänna Läroverk (Strängnäs Gymnasium). The collection was deposited at Medelhavsmuseet in 1993. In 2017 the deposition was changed into a donation since Strängnäs museum closed., An oinochoe (pl. oinochoai, alternatively spelled oenochoe/oenochoai) is a single-handled vessel, more specifically a jug, usually taller than it is wide. They come in many different shapes and forms, with variations in profile, mouth-type and handle-form. They functioned as pouring vessels for wine and have taken their name from the Greek words “oinos” (wine) and “cheo” (I pour). Miniature versions were often placed in children’s graves., Hellenistisk tid - Romersk tid (323 f Kr-337 e Kr), Egypt, Alexandria Förvärvad Göransson, C. Emil, Strängnäs museum, Pugioli, Pietro Brukad Hellenistic-Roman Funnen Afrika, Egypten image/jpeg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/4299164/MME+2017%3B251%2801%29.jpg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/4299163/MME+2017%3B251%2801%29.jpg http://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#by Jeppsson, Johan Statens museer för världskultur image/jpeg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/4299169/MME+2017%3B251%2802%29.jpg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/4299168/MME+2017%3B251%2802%29.jpg http://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#by Jeppsson, Johan Statens museer för världskultur image/jpeg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/4299174/MME+2017%3B251%2803%29.jpg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/4299173/MME+2017%3B251%2803%29.jpg http://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#by Jeppsson, Johan Statens museer för världskultur image/jpeg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/4299179/MME+2017%3B251%2804%29.jpg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/4299178/MME+2017%3B251%2804%29.jpg http://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#by Jeppsson, Johan Statens museer för världskultur image/jpeg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/4299184/MME+2017%3B251%2805%29.jpg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/4299183/MME+2017%3B251%2805%29.jpg http://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#by Jeppsson, Johan Statens museer för världskultur http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/html/4281923 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/xml/4281923 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/rdf/4281923
Description
Oinochoe of red clay. Long ovoid to fusiform body with a narrow base and disc foot. Slender, concave neck ending in a flaring lip. Short handle from just below lip to shoulder. A series of four grooved lines running horizontally around the mid-part of the body.
Inventory number
Acquisition
Belongs to the Strängnäs collection that was formed by the objects that an Italian nobleman named Pietro Pugioli, who lived in Alexandria in the 19th century, sent as a present to the Swedish captain C. Emil Göransson in 1880. The collection was kept at the Strängnäs Museum and Library. In 1945 it was donated by Södermanlands Fornminnesförening to Strängnäs Högre Allmänna Läroverk (Strängnäs Gymnasium). The collection was deposited at Medelhavsmuseet in 1993. In 2017 the deposition was changed into a donation since Strängnäs museum closed.
Comments
An oinochoe (pl. oinochoai, alternatively spelled oenochoe/oenochoai) is a single-handled vessel, more specifically a jug, usually taller than it is wide. They come in many different shapes and forms, with variations in profile, mouth-type and handle-form. They functioned as pouring vessels for wine and have taken their name from the Greek words “oinos” (wine) and “cheo” (I pour). Miniature versions were often placed in children’s graves.
Period, Swedish
Hellenistisk tid - Romersk tid (323 f Kr-337 e Kr)
Country / Findspot
Egypt
Geographic name, alternative
Alexandria
Material, engelska
Clay
Terracotta
Pottery
Material
Keramik
Height / Höjd
Diameter
Object
Förvärvad
Göransson, C. Emil, Strängnäs museum, Pugioli, Pietro
Brukad
Funnen
Afrika
Egypten
Jeppsson, Johan
Statens museer för världskultur