Urn Lid
Object Number:
MS2157B
Current Location:
Etruscan Italy Gallery
Culture:
Etruscan
Provenience:
Mediterranean
Date Made:
299-99BC
Early Date:
-299
Late Date:
-99
Section:
Mediterranean
Materials:
Ceramic
Terracotta
Description:
Cinerary Urn Lid. Female (?) figure lying on proper left side under coverlet or cloak. Head on two pillows. Traces of white on relief scene, of white and red on lid. A hole cut in the top of the chest.
Height:
13.5cm
Width:
37cm
Depth:
20cm
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Etruscan World (15 Mar 2003)
Bibliography:
[Catalogue] Turfa, Jean M. 2005. Catalogue of the Etruscan Gallery of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. : Page/Fig./Plate: pp. 268-269, no. 299
[Book] Richter, Gisela M. & The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1940. Handbook of the Etruscan Collection. : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 49. fig. 143
[Book] Chase, George H. & Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 1950. Greek and Roman Antiquities: A Guide to the Classical Collection. : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 129 and 130, fig. 162
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