Urn

MS807A

From: Italy | Etruria | Narce

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS807A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Faliscan | Etruscan
Provenience Italy | Etruria | Narce
Locus Tomb 71M
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Pottery. One handle broken off, apparently purposely and in antiquity. Rim mended. Fabric of medium fine texture, almost completely reduced. Handmade. Poor polish. Band of flutings at point of greatest diameter. Handle fluted. the urn still contains the charred bones of the dead, apparently those of a young adolescent. Mixed with them are a few animal bones too charred to be identified with certainty.

Height 40.5 cm
Outside Diameter 28.9 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Francesco Mancinelli-Scotti, 1896

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