ancientart:Etruscan urns, 3rd/ 2nd centuries BCE.A distinctive burial form developed by the Etruscan
ancientart:Etruscan urns, 3rd/ 2nd centuries BCE.A distinctive burial form developed by the Etruscans was the practice of placing a reclining effigy/effigies of the deceased on the lid of the urn, which contained their ashes. Often such urns would reflect the Etruscan love of banqueting, which they liked to envision themselves doing in their afterlife.I am uncertain of the original location of the 1st urn, however, the 2nd was found at the Hypogeum of the women of the Velimna family, and the third, the Hypogeum of the Rafi family.Aertefacts courtesy of the National Archaeological Museum of Perugia. Photos by Dan Diffendale: 1, 2 & 3. -- source link
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