Cinerary Chest
| Object Number: | MS2458A |
|---|---|
| Current Location: |
Etruscan Italy Gallery Currently On Display |
| Culture: | Etruscan |
| Provenience: | Italy Etruria Volterra |
| Date Made: | Late 3rd century BCE |
| Early Date: | -250 |
| Late Date: | -200 |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Marble (Stone) |
| Technique: | Carved |
| Iconography: | Murder of Aegisthus? Etruscan Inscription |
| Height: | 38 cm |
| Length: | 62 cm |
| Width: | 0 cm |
| Depth: | 31.5 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Davis & Harvey (Coleman Estate Sale); Subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
| Other Number: | 244 - Other Number |
Description
Marble, now grayish, mended with cement at corners. Cover has, in the round, figure male, fully draped, reclining on pillows and holding patera; he wears a round cap with flaps tying under chin; a roll like long fillet(?) around his neck. Front of chest carved in high relief with scene: Murder of Aegistheus(?) Inscription cut along whole front edge of lid. "Lare Remza Arnoal, whose ashes were deposited in this sarcophagus, appears from the inscription to have been a ZILAT or magistrate. He is shown reclining on the lid, holding a patera. The scene on the front may represent the murder of Aegistheus." = gallery label 1970-72.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| The Classical World: Italy ( Apr 1958 - 1969) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Classical World - Etruscan World (15 Mar 2003) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Classical Gallery: Etruscan (1975 - 2000) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Article] Turfa, Jean M. 2019. "A Comet Shall Shine Forth: A Bronze Belt from an Etruscan Tomb". Expedition: The Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 61. no. 1. pg. 12-21 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 16 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Dorling Kindersley Limited. 2014. History of the World in 1,000 Objects.. London. Dorling Kindersley Limited. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 78 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] Turfa, Jean M. 2005. Catalogue of the Etruscan Gallery of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pp. 263-264, no. 295; p. C8, pl. 33 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] Turfa, Jean M., and Romano, Irene B., and Brownlee, Ann B., and White, Donald J. 2002. Guide to the Etruscan and Roman Worlds at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 38, no. 56 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Article] Benelli, E. 1998. "Le Inscrizioni funerari chiusine di eta ellenistiche". Studi Etruschi. Rome. Istituto di Studi Etruschi ed Italici. Vol. 64. pg. 225-263 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 238 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Horne, Lee C. 1985. Introduction to the Collections of The University Museum.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 33, fig. 11 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Article] Edwards, George R. 1958. "Italy and Rome". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 22. no. 2. pg. 3-11 Actual Citation | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Collection] Luce, Stephen B. 1921. Catalogue of the Mediterranean Section.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 187, no. 9 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Article] Bates, William N. 1905. "The Etruscan inscriptions in the Museum". Transactions of the University of Pennsylvania. University of Pennsylvania. Vol. 1. no. 3. pg. 165-168 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pp. 166-167, no. 6, fig. 6; p. 11, fig. 8 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Auction] 1897. The Robert H. Coleman Collection of Archaeological Objects. Catalogue.. Philadelphia. Davis and Harvey's Gallery. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 42, no. 244 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Pauli, Carl. 1893. Corpus Inscriptionum Etruscarum.. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: no. 1192 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Fabretti, Ariodante. 1867. Corpus Inscriptionum Italicarum.. : Page/Fig./Plate: no. 694, pl. 31 | View Objects related to this |
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