Sarcophagus Lid
MS3488B
Location: On Display in the Etruscan Italy Gallery
From: Italy | Etruria | Civita Musarna
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS3488B |
| Current Location | Etruscan Italy Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Etruscan |
| Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Civita Musarna |
| Date Made | 399-200 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Nenfro |
| Technique | Carved |
| Iconography | Man | Mirror? |
| Description | Man with plain rolled fillet around head reclines on lid. Holds mirror(?). At foot a cushionlike gable between scrolls. Traces of paint: red on rear drapery, yellow for necklace and on hair. Chest: (certainly not belonging) two bearded sea serpents, facing, on front. Back of chest roughly hammered and chisel-dressed. Uninscribed. Male Effigy. Lid in two pieces; front left corner of chest is broken off. |
| Height | 49 cm |
| Length | 205 cm |
| Depth | 56 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Francesco Mancinelli-Scotti, 1900 |
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