Chest

Urn

L-64-481A

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number L-64-481A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Etruscan
Provenience Mediterranean
Date Made 3rd century BCE -2nd century BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Chest. Rectangular in plan, narrower below. Sides plain except for front which is decorated with a relief panel. The second figure from the right is using a plowshare as a weapon: Echetlos at the Battle of Marathon (?). On band above scene some of the letters of an inscription painted in black are visible: ] H O I H A V I I [

A hole with rounded ends, cut in top.

Relief scene covered wuth incrustation: red visible beneath it in places. Traces of red and white on lid.

Height 22 cm
Width 24.5 cm
Depth 22 cm
Other Number 03-1392 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number

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