Fragment of an Etruscan pithos with relief decoration

Classification

pithos ; relief decorated vessel

Culture

Etruscan

Dimensions

11.4 × 21.2 cm

Date

late 7th century B.C.

Period

Etruscan Archaic Period (625–550)

Material

clay

Iconography

lion

Production place

Caere (Cerveteri)

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Inventory

87.7.A

ID

Hyp-5339

References

Szilágyi, J. Gy., CVA Hongrie 2, pl. 10, 5; Szilágyi, J. Gy.–Szabó, M., in BullMusHong 46–47 (1976), 79, 177–178, no. 2, fig. 59