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Hut

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Object Number:MS1601A
Current Location: Etruscan Italy Gallery
Currently On Display
Culture:Villanovan
Provenience: Italy
Latium
Albano
Locus: Between Albano and Genzano
Date Made: 9th Century BCE
Early Date: -899
Late Date: -800
Section:Mediterranean
Materials:Ceramic
Iconography:Death
Burial
Cremation
Height: 29.21 cm
Width: 27.94 cm
Other Number:909 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number

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.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

The Classical World: Italy ( Apr 1958 - 1969) View Objects in Exhibition
Italian Gallery (28 Mar 1951 - 1958) View Objects in Exhibition
Classical World - Etruscan World (15 Mar 2003) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

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[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. 84-85, no. 5; p. C1, pl. 1View 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. 10, no. 10View 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. 146, no. 161View 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 View Objects related to this

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