Cinerary urn with painted decoration
Medium:Wheel-thrown, slipped and slip-painted, earthenware
Geography: Chiusi, Etruria (modern Chiusi, Italy)
Date: c. 200-1 BC
Period: Etruscan
Object number: 920X100.3.A
Credit Line: Gift of Sigmund Samuel
Gallery Location:Eaton Gallery of Rome - Bratty Exhibit of Etruria
DescriptionThis simple type of urn, common at Chiusi, often bear late Etruscan painted inscriptions that named the deceased. The swags of curtain are painted in tempera colours over a white slip.