Cinerary Urn
MS354A
Location: On Display in the Etruscan Italy Gallery
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | MS354A |
Current Location | Etruscan Italy Gallery - On Display |
Culture | Etruscan |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Date Made | 299-100 BCE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Ceramic | Terracotta |
Iconography | Seven Against Thebes | Eteocles | Polyneices | Furies? | Grafitto |
Description | Chest. Rectangular in plan, narrower below. Sides plain except for front which is decorated with a relief panel. Center: Eteocles and Polyneices killing each other (upright figure at left thrusting sword into chest of second figure, at right, kneeling on right knee, who thrusts his sword into lower abdomen of the first). Left and right, a female figure, both winged (?), wearing short chiton, torch in one hand, other arm outstretched toward center:Furies(?). A corinthian(?) pilaster at each end of scene. Above, a band of egg-and-dart in relief. On band above scene, possible traces of letters in red A[ } A hole, .13x.36m., rectangular with rounded corners, cut in top. Traces of white & red on panel. |
Height | 28 cm |
Width | 45.5 cm |
Depth | 21.5 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from the Estate of Francis C. Macauley, 1897 |
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