Object type
cremation urn
Fabric
Chiusi workshop
Culture/period
Colonisations
Materials
terracotta
Technique
modelling, baking
Mint
Production date
-300 / -100
Current location
Exposició permanent
Archaeological site
Procedència desconeguda
Township
Chiusi (Europa, Itàlia)
Dimensions
Description
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Etruscan urn with a scene in relief. This is the fight between the two brothers Eteocles and Polynices, sons of Oedipus, king of Thebes, while two female funerary demons watch the fight. At the top the remains of an inscription in Etruscan language. The cover represents a female figure lying on a kline.
© Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Barcelona
Omeka ID
2422