Sarcophagus Lid

Object Number:

MS3490B

Current Location:

Collections storage

Culture:

Etruscan

Provenience:

Italy
Etruria
Civita Musarna

Section:

Mediterranean

Materials:

Tuff

Iconography:

Woman
Fan?
Inscription

Description:

Sarcophagus lid: Woman in high-girt chiton reclining on lid. Sandal showing among draperies at foot. Himation forms veil over head. Leaf-shaped fan(?) in right hand. Inscription on front of lid.

Height:

132.4cm

Length:

212.3cm

Width:

62cm

Bibliography:

[Catalogue] Turfa, Jean M. 2005. Catalogue of the Etruscan Gallery of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. : Page/Fig./Plate: 56

[Article] 1900. Rare Etruscan Sarcophagi in the University Museum , in Philadelphia Press. : Page/Fig./Plate: 1

[Catalogue] Luce, Stephen B. 1921. Catalogue of the Mediterranean Section. : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 186, no. 6

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