[vessel] Situla, from the Latin for bucket or pail, is a term for a variety of elaborate bucket-shaped vessels from the Iron Age to the Middle Ages, usually with a handle at the top. All types may be highly decorated with reliefs in bands or friezes running round the vessel. Typically Iron Age situlas are bronze, as in the types of libation... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Situla_(vessel)
(from the article `ceremonial object`) Some of the individual objects used in funeral rites include situlae, Roman and Egyptian bronze libation jars with a handle on the tops; Indian ... A naturalistic note is provided by the imagery that decorates, in zones of superimposed relief, bronze vessels called situlae, a kind of pail found ...... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/103