Rib cistern
The Rippenziste or Ziste ( French ciste ) is a small prehistoric and early historical cylinder-shaped bronze bucket with an ornate outer wall, hardly comparable with the much larger and heavier situla .
The vessels were used for liquids such as wine and played a role in sacrificial ceremonies . Rib cisterns or parts of them, which mostly come from Hallstatt D3, were recovered in northern Germany from rivers such as the Weser and Aller , but also from graves, in southern Germany also from aristocratic graves ( Kleinaspergle ). The European distribution area corresponds roughly to the settlement area of the Etruscans and Celts .
The thinner walls at the Ziste cylindrical vessel body (casing) and the floor are made of thin sheet metal, which for reasons of stability crimped is (waved). The casing made of ribbed sheet metal is possibly slightly drawn in in the middle area and riveted in the overlapping area. It is beaded inwards in the bottom area to accommodate the separately manufactured bottom. The upper area can be reinforced with an edge hoop. The rib cisterns from Slupca and Solniki Male in Poland have zoomorphic ornaments in broad strips between the beads. Ornate lids have also been found (Monteveglio in Italy).
The cisterns were classified by Berta Stjernquist (1918-2010). Basically, a distinction is made between rib cisterns with a movable double handle, which are made from a sheet metal jacket, and those that have fixed handles on the side and are made from two sheet metal sheets. The handle clasps have two riveted attachments (mostly double attachments with eyelets) that accommodate the mostly twisted bow handles . The round handles were riveted to the flat ends.
A rib cistern from the middle of the 5th century BC BC was found in the Rhaetian settlement of Putzer-Gschleier near Eppan (South Tyrol). The picture frieze on the lower edge of the vessel shows people and horned animals in procession, including goats, deer and antelopes as well as a horse.
literature
- Berta Stjernquist: Ciste a Cordoni (Rippenzisten). Production - function - diffusion . Habelt, Bonn / Gleerup, Lund 1967.
- Hans-Jürgen Häßler : A new rib cist find from the Weserkiesen near Leese Lkrs. Nienburg : In: Die Kunde NF 1992, pp. 149–159