cinerary urn
- Museum number
- 1851,0416.14
- Description
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Marble cinerary urn chest; four legs; each side has a niche with upper half of a male demon; one holds a pick the other a mallet; below niche the surface is unfinished; front depicts the death of Hippolytus; five figures; Hippolytus lying against chariot; Poseidon (Nethuns) stands at his feet aiming a blow; left of scene a fury; traces of paint.
- Production date
- 300BC-100BC
- Dimensions
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Height: 58.42 centimetres
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Length: 88.90 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Part of 1851,0416.11
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2019-2020, 24 Jul-12 Jan, Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, Last Supper in Pompeii: Food and the Romans from the Table to the Grave
- Acquisition date
- 1851
- Acquisition notes
- Lot 110 at Braun's sale.
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1851,0416.14
