On the lid, the deceased represented reclining seminude on two cushions, wearing a crown and garland, a ring on his left hand, and holding a patera in his right hand.
Along the cornice of the urn, a retrograde Etruscan inscription naming the deceased:
vel: remzna crespe (Rix, Etruskische Texte, Cl 1.2318)
On the urn, Orestes and Pylades, wearing capes and Phrygian caps, armed with swords and shields, killing Clytemnestra and Aegisthus, flanking a central winged Vanth holding a torch.
Chiusi
Last quarter of the 3rd c. BCE
Alabaster
From Chiusi (Etruscan Clevsin, Etruscan or Umbrian Camars, Latin Clusium; more at Pleiades; PECS; RFO; Livius dot org; Attalus dot org (Hellenistic history); Wikipedia)
On display in the exhibit "Gli Etruschi a Palermo" (The Etruscans in Palermo), located in the Real Albergo dei Poveri.
Collection of the Museo Archaeologico Regionale 'Antonino Salinas', Palermo, Sicily, Inv. 8468.
Part of the former Museo Casuccini, which was collected by Count Pietro Bonci Casuccini and his son Francesco in the vicinity of Chiusi in Tuscany between 1826 and 1857, and acquired by the Royal Museum of Palermo in 1865.
Tags: Clytemnestra Orestes Aegisthus Pylades myth Greek Oresteia murder matricide Vanth winged demon torch female Etruscan inscription iscrizione etrusca sword underworld Etruscan etrusco etruskisch Tuscus Etruscus étrusque Этруски ετρουσκικό Etrüskler Chiusi Clusium Clevsin Camars Chamars Klysion Κλύσιον Кьюзи pleiades:findspot=413096 Palermo Sicily Sicilia museum museo musée μουσείο archaeological archeologico artifact display exhibit arkeoloji müzesi Italy Italian Italia retrograde 3rd c. BCE last quarter 3rd c. BCE late 3rd c. BCE 320s BCE 310s BCE 300s BCE Hellenistic
On the lid, the deceased represented reclining seminude on two cushions, wearing a crown and garland, a ring on his left hand, and holding a patera in his right hand.
Along the cornice of the urn, a retrograde Etruscan inscription naming the deceased:
vel: remzna crespe (Rix, Etruskische Texte, Cl 1.2318)
On the urn, Orestes and Pylades, wearing capes and Phrygian caps, armed with swords and shields, killing Clytemnestra and Aegisthus, flanking a central winged Vanth holding a torch.
Chiusi
Last quarter of the 3rd c. BCE
Alabaster
From Chiusi (Etruscan Clevsin, Etruscan or Umbrian Camars, Latin Clusium; more at Pleiades; PECS; RFO; Livius dot org; Attalus dot org (Hellenistic history); Wikipedia)
On display in the exhibit "Gli Etruschi a Palermo" (The Etruscans in Palermo), located in the Real Albergo dei Poveri.
Collection of the Museo Archaeologico Regionale 'Antonino Salinas', Palermo, Sicily, Inv. 8468.
Part of the former Museo Casuccini, which was collected by Count Pietro Bonci Casuccini and his son Francesco in the vicinity of Chiusi in Tuscany between 1826 and 1857, and acquired by the Royal Museum of Palermo in 1865.
Tags: Clytemnestra Orestes Aegisthus Pylades myth Greek Oresteia murder matricide Vanth winged demon torch female Etruscan inscription iscrizione etrusca sword underworld Etruscan etrusco etruskisch Tuscus Etruscus étrusque Этруски ετρουσκικό Etrüskler Chiusi Clusium Clevsin Camars Chamars Klysion Κλύσιον Кьюзи pleiades:findspot=413096 Palermo Sicily Sicilia museum museo musée μουσείο archaeological archeologico artifact display exhibit arkeoloji müzesi Italy Italian Italia 3rd c. BCE last quarter 3rd c. BCE late 3rd c. BCE 320s BCE 310s BCE 300s BCE Hellenistic
On the lid, the deceased represented reclining seminude on two cushions, wearing a crown and garland, a ring on his left hand, and holding a patera in his right hand.
Along the cornice of the urn, a retrograde Etruscan inscription naming the deceased:
vel: remzna crespe (Rix, Etruskische Texte, Cl 1.2318)
On the urn, Orestes and Pylades, wearing capes and Phrygian caps, armed with swords and shields, killing Clytemnestra and Aegisthus, flanking a central winged Vanth holding a torch.
Chiusi
Last quarter of the 3rd c. BCE
Alabaster
From Chiusi (Etruscan Clevsin, Etruscan or Umbrian Camars, Latin Clusium; more at Pleiades; PECS; RFO; Livius dot org; Attalus dot org (Hellenistic history); Wikipedia)
On display in the exhibit "Gli Etruschi a Palermo" (The Etruscans in Palermo), located in the Real Albergo dei Poveri.
Collection of the Museo Archaeologico Regionale 'Antonino Salinas', Palermo, Sicily, Inv. 8468.
Part of the former Museo Casuccini, which was collected by Count Pietro Bonci Casuccini and his son Francesco in the vicinity of Chiusi in Tuscany between 1826 and 1857, and acquired by the Royal Museum of Palermo in 1865.
Tags: Clytemnestra Orestes Aegisthus Pylades myth Greek Oresteia murder matricide Vanth winged demon torch female Etruscan inscription iscrizione etrusca sword underworld Etruscan etrusco etruskisch Tuscus Etruscus étrusque Этруски ετρουσκικό Etrüskler Chiusi Clusium Clevsin Camars Chamars Klysion Κλύσιον Кьюзи pleiades:findspot=413096 Palermo Sicily Sicilia museum museo musée μουσείο archaeological archeologico artifact display exhibit arkeoloji müzesi Italy Italian Italia 3rd c. BCE last quarter 3rd c. BCE late 3rd c. BCE 320s BCE 310s BCE 300s BCE Hellenistic
On the lid, the deceased represented reclining seminude on two cushions, wearing a crown and garland, a ring on his left hand, and holding a patera in his right hand.
Along the cornice of the urn, a retrograde Etruscan inscription naming the deceased:
vel: remzna crespe (Rix, Etruskische Texte, Cl 1.2318)
On the urn, Orestes and Pylades, wearing capes and Phrygian caps, armed with swords and shields, killing Clytemnestra and Aegisthus, flanking a central winged Vanth holding a torch.
Chiusi
Last quarter of the 3rd c. BCE
Alabaster
From Chiusi (Etruscan Clevsin, Etruscan or Umbrian Camars, Latin Clusium; more at Pleiades; PECS; RFO; Livius dot org; Attalus dot org (Hellenistic history); Wikipedia)
On display in the exhibit "Gli Etruschi a Palermo" (The Etruscans in Palermo), located in the Real Albergo dei Poveri.
Collection of the Museo Archaeologico Regionale 'Antonino Salinas', Palermo, Sicily, Inv. 8468.
Part of the former Museo Casuccini, which was collected by Count Pietro Bonci Casuccini and his son Francesco in the vicinity of Chiusi in Tuscany between 1826 and 1857, and acquired by the Royal Museum of Palermo in 1865.
Tags: Clytemnestra Orestes Aegisthus Pylades myth Greek Oresteia murder matricide Vanth winged demon torch female Etruscan inscription iscrizione etrusca sword underworld Etruscan etrusco etruskisch Tuscus Etruscus étrusque Этруски ετρουσκικό Etrüskler Chiusi Clusium Clevsin Camars Chamars Klysion Κλύσιον Кьюзи pleiades:findspot=413096 Palermo Sicily Sicilia museum museo musée μουσείο archaeological archeologico artifact display exhibit arkeoloji müzesi Italy Italian Italia 3rd c. BCE last quarter 3rd c. BCE late 3rd c. BCE 320s BCE 310s BCE 300s BCE Hellenistic
Chiusi
Ca. 260-240 BCE.
Alabaster
From Chiusi (Etruscan Clevsin, Etruscan or Umbrian Camars, Latin Clusium; more at Pleiades; PECS; RFO; Livius dot org; Attalus dot org (Hellenistic history); Wikipedia)
On display in the exhibit "Gli Etruschi a Palermo" (The Etruscans in Palermo), located in the Real Albergo dei Poveri.
Collection of the Museo Archaeologico Regionale 'Antonino Salinas', Palermo, Sicily, Inv. 8442.
Part of the former Museo Casuccini, which was collected by Count Pietro Bonci Casuccini and his son Francesco in the vicinity of Chiusi in Tuscany between 1826 and 1857, and acquired by the Royal Museum of Palermo in 1865.
Tags: portrait ritratto male maschile old Etruscan etrusco etruskisch Tuscus Etruscus étrusque Этруски ετρουσκικό Etrüskler Chiusi Clusium Clevsin Camars Chamars Klysion Κλύσιον Кьюзи pleiades:findspot=413096 Palermo Sicily Sicilia museum museo musée μουσείο archaeological archeologico artifact display exhibit arkeoloji müzesi Italy Italian Italia 3rd c. BCE mid 3rd c. BCE 250s BCE 240s BCE Hellenistic