Etruscan terracotta sarcophagus

Distance:
Load transparent model
Country

Italy

Region

Tuscany

Material

Terracotta

Age

Antiquity

Provenance

Castello Banfi Collection

Catalog number

237

Internal ID

M_urn B

Digitization method

Photogrammetry

Photos / scans number

348

Castello Banfi Collection (M_Urn A & B)

Terracotta sarcophagus with lid. Pinkish orange clay with whitish slip and painted decoration in red, black, yellow. Mold made. Chest is decorated with figurative scene of hero fighting with a plow. Lid with reclining figure. On chest there used to be inscription painted in black, now almost completely invisible. Production of Chiusi. 1st c. BCE. Montalcino, Poggio alle Mura (Castello Banfi), n. inv. 94. Bischeri 2022: n. cat. 237.

Processed in Reality Capture from 348 images. GDH ID M_urn B

This project was done under the authority of the Soprintendenza Archeologia, belle arti e paesaggio per le province di Siena Grosseto e Arezzo in collaboration with Global Digital Heritage. We thank Elizabeth Koenig, Hospitality Project Director at Castello Banfi and President of the Scientific Committe of Fonadazione Banfi, for coordinating this project and making the collection accessible. The catalog of the Banfi collection was created by Dr. Matteo Bischeri (2022).