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Schnabelkannen, mostly of the fifth century Be (Figure 13.2), and the Kelheim
and Kaerumgaard-type jugs of the final century Be (Werner 1978). These wine-
associated vessel imports, both bronze and ceramic, are most abundant during
the sixth and fifth centuries Be and again during the second and first centuries Be
(Fischer 1985; Svobodova 1983), but objects such as the bronze buckets from
Waldalgesheim in the middle Rhineland and Mannersdorf in Austria, and the two
glass masks from St Sulpice on Lake Geneva in Switzerland (Wyss 1989: 167-8) show
that this import trade was maintained on some level throughout the Iron Age.
Figure 13.2 Distribution map of Etruscan bronze Schnabelkannen. Profile in upper left shows
shape of the jugs. Most are believed to have been manufactured at Yuki on the Tyrrhenian coast
of Central Italy. Note the dense concentration in the middle Rhineland, and other finds in
France to the west and Bohemia and Austria to the east. (From Kimmig 1983: 41, fig. 32;
reproduced with permission from the Romisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum, Mainz.)