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Fragment of an Etruscan urn: warrior

Classification
cinerary urn
Culture
Etruscan
Dimensions
10.4 x 9.3 x 3 cm
Date
2nd century B.C.
Period
Etruscan Hellenistic Period (3th–1st centuries)
Material
alabaster; material analysis
Iconography
warrior, soldier; armour; chiton; shield; star; border of pearls
Present location
Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities
Provenance
Fleissig, József (1897–1944)
Inventory
50.107
ID
Hyp-6910
References
Sprincz, in BullMusHong 15 (1959), 10–12, 71–72, no. 1, fig. 5

Material analyses conducted by Danielle Decrouez (Geneva, Museum of Natural History) and Karl Ramseyer (University of Bern, Institute of Geological Sciences) have shown that the urn was made of Tuscan alabaster. Click here for the detailed results.

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