Fragment from an Etruscan Terracotta Cinerary Urn in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sept. 2007

Terracotta Cinerary Urn
Etruscan, 3rd-2nd century BC

Accession # 57.11.10

Here is another depiction of the popular five-figure battle scene associated with Chiusine workshops during the Hellenistic period (see 96.9.223a, b and 96.18.163a, b nearby). The container is inscribed: ARNTH: HELE: HERINIAL (Arnth Hele, son of Herinia.)

Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.