Painted terracotta ash urn, two warriors in combat (perhaps Eteocles and Polyneices), on either side a winged torch-bearing Lasa

Details

• Title

  Painted terracotta ash urn, two warriors in combat (perhaps Eteocles and Polyneices), on either side a winged torch-bearing Lasa

• Associated place

  Europe › Italy › Etruria (place of creation)

• Date

  2nd century BC (200 - 101 BC)

• Material and technique

  terracotta, pigment

• Object type

  container › vessel › urn

• Dimensions

  39.11 cm with lid (height)
  26.67 cm without lid (height)
  43.18 cm (length)
  20.95 cm (width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Transferred from the Natural Science Museum, 1885.

• Museum location

  Ground floor | Gallery 13 | Rome

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1885.568

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