Cinerary Chest
Urn
L-64-73A
Location: On Display in the Etruscan Italy Gallery
From: Italy | Etruria
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | L-64-73A |
| Current Location | Etruscan Italy Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Etruscan |
| Provenience | Italy | Etruria |
| Date Made | 3rd C. BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Iconography | Battle at Marathon? |
| 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 plow-share as a weapon: Echetlos at the battle of Marathon(?). On band above scene five letters of an inscription painted in red are preserved at left: TVBAO [ ]. A hole 0.215 x 0.088, with rounded ends, cut in top. |
| Height | 21 cm |
| Width | 32 cm |
| Depth | 15.5 cm |
| Other Number | 82-112 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number |
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