Etruscan ash urn with a hero fighting with ploughshare
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Etruscan balsamarium in the form of a female head

Etruscan ash urn with lid and the depiction of a mortal dual

Classification
cinerary urn
Culture
Etruscan
Dimensions
26.5 × 43.7 cm, lid: 12.7 × 46.8 cm
Date
175–75 B.C.
Period
Etruscan Hellenistic Period (3th–1st centuries)
Material
clay
Iconography
duel; warrior, soldier; shield; dagger; helmet; male figure; Eteocles; Polyneices
Production place
Clusium (Chiusi)
Present location
Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities
Provenance
Budapest, Hungarian National Museum
Inventory
53.218
ID
Hyp-4523
References
Szilágyi, J. Gy., Antik Gyűjtemény, 133; Szilágyi, J. Gy., Ancient Art, 151
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