Situla is the Latin for bucket or pail, and is used in archaeology and art history for a variety of historic objects with this shape. Situla can also mean: Situla culture or "situla art", a phase of the European Iron Age in north Italy, Slovenia etc., when decorated bronze situlas were prominent Situla of the Pania, Etruscan, ivory Situla Benvenuti, north Italy Vače Situla Slovenia Kappa Aquarii, a star in the constellation Aquarius Nassa situla, a sea snail of family Nassariidae USS Situla (AK-140), a US Navy cargo ship, in service 1943–1946