Sarcophagus Lid
MS3491B
From: Italy | Etruria | Civita Musarna
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
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Object Number
MS3491B
Current Location
Collections Storage
Culture
Etruscan
Provenience
Italy | Etruria | Civita Musarna
Section
Mediterranean
Materials
Tuff
Iconography
Woman | Himation | Inscription
Description
Woman reclining holding only rolls of himation. Himation covers head in rear. Chiton girt under breasts. With ? stone inscription.
Height
68 cm
Length
213 cm
Width
55 cm
Credit Line
Purchased from Francesco Mancinelli-Scotti, 1900
Current & Past Exhibitions
This object has never been on display.
Bibliography
Turfa, Jean M. Catalogue of the Etruscan Gallery of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology . Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2005. See: p. 56, fig. 39
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Luce, Stephen B. Catalogue of the Mediterranean Section
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"Rare Etruscan Sarcophagi in the University Museum." The Philadelphia Press . (30 Dec 1900). See: pp. 165-66, no. 2, pl. XX, fig. 2
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Bates, William N. "The Etruscan inscriptions in the Museum." Transactions of the University of Pennsylvania 1, no. 3. (1905): 165-168. See:
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