Urn Lid
MS2467.2
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
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Object Number
MS2467.2
Current Location
Collections Storage
Provenience
Mediterranean
Locus
Ziro Burial
Section
Mediterranean
Materials
Ceramic
Iconography
Amphora | Griffin | Woman
Description
Cinerary urn, family. Terra-cotta, monumental size in form of amphora, with four handles, surmounted by female figure. Urn decorated with two rows of figurines. Griffin heads surmounted handles.Probably a forgery.
Height
95.89 cm
Width
47.62 cm
Credit Line
Purchased from Davis & Harvey (Coleman Estate Sale); Subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Current & Past Exhibitions
This object has never been on display.
Bibliography
Steensma, Niels. "Het zirograf ‘Coleman’ en de problematiek omtrent de Etruskische iguururnen uit het gebied van Chiusi." Tijdschrift voor Mediterrane Archeologie 45. (2011): 24-31. See: figs. 1-2
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Warden, P. G. "The Anatomy of an Etruscan Tomb Forgery: Case Unresolved." IFAR Journal 5, no. 4. (2002): 36-42. See: figs. 1-2
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Bonfante, Larissa. Etruscan Dress . Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003. See: pp. 12-13, pl. 4-5
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Bonfante, Larissa. "Archaeology Magazine."
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Dohan, Edith Hall. "A Ziro Burial from Chiusi." American Journal of Archaeology 39, no. 2. (1935): 198-209. See: pp. 203-204, no. 1, pls. 10, 26A, 27
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Dohan, Edith Hall. "The Gallery of Italic and Etruscan Art ." The University Museum Bulletin 4, no. 6. (1933): 149-177. See: p. 149, fig, I
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Luce, Stephen B. Catalogue of the Mediterranean Section
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The Robert H. Coleman Collection of Archaeological Objects. Catalogue . Philadelphia: Davis and Harvey's Gallery, 1897. See: p. 42, pl. 1View related objects
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