Archaeological Museum of Bologna

This drinking cup was a part of the funerary equipment of a tomb from Benacci necropolis.
The cremated remains of the deceased were set on one side of the trench, which had pottery in the middle: a grey ware mortar, a black-painted olla and this kylix, a low two-handled cup for drinking wine.

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The outside of the kylix has an Etruscan inscription – “mi titles’”  (I (am) Titles’)– incised from right to left. It is the name of the cup’s owner, an Etruscan who used the Etruscan alphabet, language and syntax to indicate his possession of the vessel. Furthermore, it provides important clues regarding the vitality of the local component of the population over a century after the arrival of the Celtic populations.

Provenance: Bologna, Benacci necropolis, tomb 968
Datation: Early decades–first half of the 3rd century BC
Material: Clay
Inventory #: 28300