Sarcophagus Lid
MS1817
Location: On Display in the Etruscan Italy Gallery
From: Italy | Etruria | Tarquinia
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS1817 |
| Current Location | Etruscan Italy Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Etruscan |
| Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Tarquinia |
| Date Made | 399-300 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Terracotta |
| Iconography | Head |
| Description | Lifesize representation of a frontal male head, with right arm raised and hand touching back of head. Mantle covers part of arm. Hair combed forward in heavy locks to top of forehead. A ribbon falls down side of neck on each side (Apollo ?). Pupils of eyes incised. Traces of pink in the creases. Edges broken below, on right, and on back. Heavy tile fabric. |
| Height | 29 cm |
| Width | 38 cm |
| Credit Line | Museum Purchase; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1896 |
| Other Number | 1118 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number |
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