Etruscan funerary urn: the abduction of Helen

Classification

cinerary urn

Culture

Etruscan

Dimensions

height: 40.64 cm, length: 57.5 cm

Date

125–100 B.C.

Period

Etruscan Hellenistic Period (3th–1st centuries)

Material

tufa

Iconography

Helena ; Paris ; ship ; krater ; egg-and-dart motif ; chair/throne ; border of pearls ; tongue pattern

Production place

Volterra

Present location

London, British Museum, Department of Greece and Rome

Inventory

1849,1201.6

ID

Per-6694

References

Pryce 1931b, 215–216, no. D 52, fig. 71; Pairault 1972, 231, no. 11, pl. 124b

For more details, see the object on the website of the British Museum.

Trails

THE TROJAN EPIC CYCLE ; Before the war

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This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.