Bronzekrug aus Tamási

Abstract In the vicinity of the village Tamási (Hungary) two bronze statuettes and utility objects, including a bronze jug, were buried 2.5 m deep in a wooden box. Towards the end of the 2nd century the find inventory of a house sanctuary was buried. The bronze jug is to be an import in Pannonia. However, its shape appears among the Pompeian bronze vessel material, shape B 1221a. The unusual handle structure suggests Alexandrian origin, but the image on the lower attachment has similarities with theatre masks depicting Maenads. In the Vesuvius Region these proliferated due to the Bacchic cult.