Cinerary Chest
L-64-519A
From: Italy | Etruria
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | L-64-519A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Etruscan |
| Provenience | Italy | Etruria |
| Date Made | 299-100 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Rectangular in plan, narrower below. Sides plain except for front which is decorated with a relief panel, a scene of four figures in combat. The second figure from the right is using a plowshare as a weapon: Echetlos at the Battle of Marathon (?). Narrow band of dentils at top of scene within panel. A hole, with rounded ends, cut in top. |
| Height | 21.5 cm |
| Width | 30.5 cm |
| Depth | 17.3 cm |
| Other Number | 06-167 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number |
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