cippus
- Museum number
- 1865,0729.4
- Description
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Limestone base of a tomb-marker (cippus), probably once surmounted by a stone sphere or cone. It is decorated with cable pattern at the corners, and all four sides are carved in low relief, with: a boy with a lyre between two dancing youths; a girl between a man and woman, all three dancing; and, on the remaining two sides, a scene of a boy playing double-pipes between a man and woman dancing.
- Production date
- 490BC-470BC
- Dimensions
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Height: 52.50 centimetres
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Width: 34.50 centimetres
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Depth: 36 centimetres
- Location
- On display (G71/dc12)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2014 22 Mar - 30 Sep, Museo dell'Accademia Etrusca e della Citta di Cortona, ' La Gran Bretagna e gli Etruschi '.
- Acquisition date
- 1865
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1865,0729.4
