Urn
MS2467
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
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Object Number
MS2467
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. Possibly a forgery.
Height
95.88 cm
Width
47.63 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
Bonfante, Larissa. Etruscan Dress . Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 2003. See: pp. 12-13, pl. 4-5
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Dohan, Edith Hall. "A Ziro Burial from Chiusi." American Journal of Archaeology 39, no. 2. (1935): 198-209. See: pp. 203-4, no. 1, pl. 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
Bonfante, Larissa. "Archaeology Magazine."
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