Urn
Hut
Object Number:
MS1601A
Current Location:
Etruscan Italy Gallery
Culture:
Villanovan
Provenience:
Italy
Latium
Albano
Locus:
Between Albano and Genzano
Date Made:
9th Century BC
Early Date:
-899
Late Date:
-800
Section:
Mediterranean
Materials:
Ceramic
Iconography:
Death
Burial
Cremation
Description:
Hut Urn with Door Cover. Brown clay. Aperture still closed by original door through which rod was run. Imitation cabin made of primitive thatch and poles. On roof projecting lines in the clay represent parts of structure of cabin, such as ridge pole and cross beams.
Height:
29cm
Width:
28cm
Other Number:
| 909 | - | Stevenson Etruscan Series Number |
Current & Past Exhibitions:
The Classical World: Italy ( Jun 1958 - 1969)
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: 84-85, C1
[Catalogue] White, Donald and Ann Blair Brownlee, Irene Bald Romano, Jean MacIntosh Turfa. 2002. Guide to the Etruscan and Roman Worlds at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. : Page/Fig./Plate: 10
[Book] Bartoloni, G.F., Buranelli, V. d'Altri, and A. De Santis. 1987. Le Urne a Capanna Rinvenute in Italia. 289. : Page/Fig./Plate: 105/fig. 81/ pl. 44c
[Catalogue] Gierow, P. G. 1964. The Iron Age of Latium, II, Excavations and Finds, The Alban Hills Vol.: 1. : Page/Fig./Plate: 234/ fig. 234
[Article] Dohan, Edith H. 1933. "The Gallery of Italic and Etruscan Art". The University Museum Bulletin. 4 (6): 149-177.
[Book] Bryan, W. R. 1925. Italic Hut Urns and Hut Urn Cemeteries. Papers and Monographs of the American Academy in Rome.
[Catalogue] Luce, Stephen B. 1921. The University Museum. Catalogue of the Mediterranean Section.
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