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| Type of Object: | Funerary Urn |
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| Materials: | Bronze |
| Measurements: | Various |
| Date or Period: | End of the 7th c. B.C. |
| Maker: | Etruscan |
| Designated List Section: | IIB Metal Vessels |
| Date of Import Restriction: | 01/23/2001 |
| Photograph: | Direzione Generale per i Beni Archeologici |
| Copyright: | Ministry of Culture |
| Description of Designated List Category Subject to Import Restrictions: | |
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| Open and closed vessels in bronze, gold, or silver, often with incised, embossed and molded decoration in the shape of human or animal figures. Shapes include bowls, buckets, craters, pitchers, cups and lamps, etc. Approximate date: 8th c. B.C. to 4th c. A.D. This example is a canopic cinerary urn on a tall trumpet shaped foot, closed at the top by a human head of terracotta. The canopic urn sits on a bronze throne decorated by rosettes and imaginary four legged creatures. | |
| Keywords: | |
| burial container, cinerary urn, Etruscan, funerary urn, human head, metal, |
