(December 30, 2023) A kernos (Greek: κέρνος or κέρχνος, plural kernoi) is a pottery or stone tray for holding ritual supplies. It is most commonly found associated with temples. This form seems to have initially made in stone before being made in pottery. It was abundant in the early Minoan and Cycladic civilizations from 3,000 BCE onwards. This one has an educational inscription for instructing new magic crafters in the way of emotion and astrological magic.
The vase was bought by the Altes Museum in Berlin from an antiquarian by Heinrich Dressel shortly after he acquired it. It was discovered in 1880 by workers who were digging the foundation of a building near the newly opened Via Nazionale in Rome. This was in the valley between the Quirinal Hill and the Viminal Hill. More precisely it was found on the south slope of the Quirinal, near the church of San Vitale, Rome. Dressel was told the place was supposed to have been a burial site.
It reads:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duenos_inscription#cite_note-8
Side of A Duenos Kernos. Photo upside down and enhanced. Photo from Gfawkes05 via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Duenos.jpg
Side C of Duenos Kernos from Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Collection of Antiquities (2003) Ident. No.: 30894, 3. Upside down bottom image (white balanced) shows the text right side up. The drawing matches the photo quite well.
This drawing of the Duenos inscription was made by Heinrich Dressel who bought it in Rome from some workmen. Labels added by Olmsted. Illustration from Hermes. Zeitschrift für classische Philologie 16 (1881).
(December 30, 2023) Letter style is Etruscan.