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Hellenistic period, late 3rd-early 2nd c. BCE
No archaeological provenience, but the form is typical of Chiusi
In the collection of, and photographed on display at, the Detroit Institute of Arts
Founders Society Purchase
Inv. 23.139.A
dia.org/collection/ash-urn-battle-scene-44614
Hellenistic period, late 3rd-early 2nd c. BCE
No archaeological provenience, but the form is typical of Chiusi
In the collection of, and photographed on display at, the Detroit Institute of Arts
Founders Society Purchase
Inv. 23.139.A
dia.org/collection/ash-urn-battle-scene-44614
Hellenistic period, late 3rd-early 2nd c. BCE
No archaeological provenience, but the form is typical of Chiusi
In the collection of, and photographed on display at, the Detroit Institute of Arts
Founders Society Purchase
Inv. 23.139.A
dia.org/collection/ash-urn-battle-scene-44614
Hellenistic period, late 3rd-early 2nd c. BCE
No archaeological provenience, but the form is typical of Chiusi
In the collection of, and photographed on display at, the Detroit Institute of Arts
Founders Society Purchase
Inv. 23.139.A
dia.org/collection/ash-urn-battle-scene-44614
Ceramic (impasto)
Etruscan Orientalizing/Archaic period, ca. 640-625 BCE
Excavated at Chianciano Terme (see on Pleiades), Tolle necropolis, Tomb 680
In the collection of the SABAP per le province di Siena, Grosseto e Arezzo, Museo Civico Archeologico di Chianciano Terme
Photographed on display in the exhibit "Etruschi: Viaggio nelle terre dei Rasna" (Etruscans: Voyage in the lands of the Rasna), Museo Civico Archeologico di Bologna, December 12, 2019-May 24, 2020 (extended until November 29, 2020).
Ceramic (impasto grigio scuro)
Etruscan Orientalizing/Archaic period, ca. 650-625 BCE
Excavated at Chianciano Terme (see on Pleiades), Tolle necropolis, Tomb 398
In the collection of the SABAP per le province di Siena, Grosseto e Arezzo, Museo Civico Archeologico di Chianciano Terme
N. inv. di scavo 398/1-2
Photographed on display in the exhibit "Etruschi: Viaggio nelle terre dei Rasna" (Etruscans: Voyage in the lands of the Rasna), Museo Civico Archeologico di Bologna, December 12, 2019-May 24, 2020 (extended until November 29, 2020).
Ceramic (impasto nero)
Etruscan Orientalizing/Archaic period, ca. 630-600 BCE
Excavated at Chianciano Terme (see on Pleiades), Tolle necropolis, Tomb 203
In the collection of the SABAP per le province di Siena, Grosseto e Arezzo, Museo Civico Archeologico di Chianciano Terme
Photographed on display in the exhibit "Etruschi: Viaggio nelle terre dei Rasna" (Etruscans: Voyage in the lands of the Rasna), Museo Civico Archeologico di Bologna, December 12, 2019-May 24, 2020 (extended until November 29, 2020).
Ceramic (impasto)
Etruscan Orientalizing/Archaic period, ca. mid-7th c. BCE
Excavated at Chianciano Terme (see on Pleiades), Tolle necropolis, Tomb 462
In the collection of the SABAP per le province di Siena, Grosseto e Arezzo, Museo Civico Archeologico di Chianciano Terme
N. inv. di scavo 462/1-4
Photographed on display in the exhibit "Etruschi: Viaggio nelle terre dei Rasna" (Etruscans: Voyage in the lands of the Rasna), Museo Civico Archeologico di Bologna, December 12, 2019-May 24, 2020 (extended until November 29, 2020).
Ceramic (impasto rosso head, impasto nero urn)
Etruscan Orientalizing/Archaic period, ca. 630-570 BCE
Excavated at Chianciano Terme (see on Pleiades), Tolle necropolis, Tomb 822
In the collection of the SABAP per le province di Siena, Grosseto e Arezzo, Museo Civico Archeologico di Chianciano Terme
Photographed on display in the exhibit "Etruschi: Viaggio nelle terre dei Rasna" (Etruscans: Voyage in the lands of the Rasna), Museo Civico Archeologico di Bologna, December 12, 2019-May 24, 2020 (extended until November 29, 2020).
Ceramic (impasto rosso head, impasto nero urn)
Etruscan Orientalizing/Archaic period, ca. 630-570 BCE
Excavated at Chianciano Terme (see on Pleiades), Tolle necropolis, Tomb 822
In the collection of the SABAP per le province di Siena, Grosseto e Arezzo, Museo Civico Archeologico di Chianciano Terme
Photographed on display in the exhibit "Etruschi: Viaggio nelle terre dei Rasna" (Etruscans: Voyage in the lands of the Rasna), Museo Civico Archeologico di Bologna, December 12, 2019-May 24, 2020 (extended until November 29, 2020).
Ceramic (impasto)
Etruscan Orientalizing/Archaic period, ca. mid-7th c. BCE
Excavated at Chianciano Terme (see on Pleiades), Tolle necropolis, Tomb 462
In the collection of the SABAP per le province di Siena, Grosseto e Arezzo, Museo Civico Archeologico di Chianciano Terme
N. inv. di scavo 462/1-4
Photographed on display in the exhibit "Etruschi: Viaggio nelle terre dei Rasna" (Etruscans: Voyage in the lands of the Rasna), Museo Civico Archeologico di Bologna, December 12, 2019-May 24, 2020 (extended until November 29, 2020).
Hellenistic period, Roman Late Republican period, 2nd half 2nd c. BCE
Chiusine production?
Excavated from the sacred pool in the sanctuary at San Casciano dei Bagni (see on Pleiades)
H max. 68 cm
The figure, probably to be identified with the Divine Spring herself, wears a turreted diadem and a double chiton with a short mantle, and holds a patera in her right hand and a serpent in her left.
The Etruscan inscription, inscribed vertically on a fold of the lower chiton, reads:
au.scarpe.au.velimnal.persac
cver.flereś.havensl
"Aule Scarpe, son of Aule and Velimnei, to the spirit/divinity (flereś) of the spring (havens)"
Photographed on display at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli (MANN), Naples, Italy
Part of the exhibit "Gli Dei Ritornano. I bronzi di San Casciano (The Gods Return. The bronzes of San Casciano)," 16 February - 30 June 2024
In the collection of the Soprintendenza Archeologia Belle Arti e Paesaggio (SABAP) per le province di Siena, Grosseto e Arezzo
Inv. Z129 (head), Z134 (right hand), Z145 (body)
Hellenistic period, Roman Late Republican period, 2nd half 2nd c. BCE
Chiusine production?
Excavated from the sacred pool in the sanctuary at San Casciano dei Bagni (see on Pleiades)
H max. 68 cm
The figure, probably to be identified with the Divine Spring herself, wears a turreted diadem and a double chiton with a short mantle, and holds a patera in her right hand and a serpent in her left.
The Etruscan inscription, inscribed vertically on a fold of the lower chiton, reads:
au.scarpe.au.velimnal.persac
cver.flereś.havensl
"Aule Scarpe, son of Aule and Velimnei, to the spirit/divinity (flereś) of the spring (havens)"
Photographed on display at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli (MANN), Naples, Italy
Part of the exhibit "Gli Dei Ritornano. I bronzi di San Casciano (The Gods Return. The bronzes of San Casciano)," 16 February - 30 June 2024
In the collection of the Soprintendenza Archeologia Belle Arti e Paesaggio (SABAP) per le province di Siena, Grosseto e Arezzo
Inv. Z129 (head), Z134 (right hand), Z145 (body)
Hellenistic period, Roman Late Republican period, 2nd half 2nd c. BCE
Chiusine production?
Excavated from the sacred pool in the sanctuary at San Casciano dei Bagni (see on Pleiades)
H max. 68 cm
The figure, probably to be identified with the Divine Spring herself, wears a turreted diadem and a double chiton with a short mantle, and holds a patera in her right hand and a serpent in her left.
The Etruscan inscription, inscribed vertically on a fold of the lower chiton, reads:
au.scarpe.au.velimnal.persac
cver.flereś.havensl
"Aule Scarpe, son of Aule and Velimnei, to the spirit/divinity (flereś) of the spring (havens)"
Photographed on display at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli (MANN), Naples, Italy
Part of the exhibit "Gli Dei Ritornano. I bronzi di San Casciano (The Gods Return. The bronzes of San Casciano)," 16 February - 30 June 2024
In the collection of the Soprintendenza Archeologia Belle Arti e Paesaggio (SABAP) per le province di Siena, Grosseto e Arezzo
Inv. Z129 (head), Z134 (right hand), Z145 (body)
Hellenistic period, Roman Late Republican period, 2nd half 2nd c. BCE
Chiusine production?
Excavated from the sacred pool in the sanctuary at San Casciano dei Bagni (see on Pleiades)
H max. 68 cm
The figure, probably to be identified with the Divine Spring herself, wears a turreted diadem and a double chiton with a short mantle, and holds a patera in her right hand and a serpent in her left.
The Etruscan inscription, inscribed vertically on a fold of the lower chiton, reads:
au.scarpe.au.velimnal.persac
cver.flereś.havensl
"Aule Scarpe, son of Aule and Velimnei, to the spirit/divinity (flereś) of the spring (havens)"
Photographed on display at the Palazzo del Quirinale, Rome, Italy
Part of the exhibit "Gli Dei Ritornano. I bronzi di San Casciano (The Gods Return. The bronzes of San Casciano)," 23 June - 22 December 2023
In the collection of the Soprintendenza Archeologia Belle Arti e Paesaggio (SABAP) per le province di Siena, Grosseto e Arezzo
Inv. Z129 (head), Z134 (right hand), Z145 (body)
Hellenistic period, Roman Late Republican period, 2nd half 2nd c. BCE
Chiusine production?
Excavated from the sacred pool in the sanctuary at San Casciano dei Bagni (see on Pleiades)
H max. 68 cm
The figure, probably to be identified with the Divine Spring herself, wears a turreted diadem and a double chiton with a short mantle, and holds a patera in her right hand and a serpent in her left.
The Etruscan inscription, inscribed vertically on a fold of the lower chiton, reads:
au.scarpe.au.velimnal.persac
cver.flereś.havensl
"Aule Scarpe, son of Aule and Velimnei, to the spirit/divinity (flereś) of the spring (havens)"
Photographed on display at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli (MANN), Naples, Italy
Part of the exhibit "Gli Dei Ritornano. I bronzi di San Casciano (The Gods Return. The bronzes of San Casciano)," 16 February - 30 June 2024
In the collection of the Soprintendenza Archeologia Belle Arti e Paesaggio (SABAP) per le province di Siena, Grosseto e Arezzo
Inv. Z129 (head), Z134 (right hand), Z145 (body)
Hellenistic period, Roman Late Republican period, 2nd half 2nd c. BCE
Chiusine production?
Excavated from the sacred pool in the sanctuary at San Casciano dei Bagni (see on Pleiades)
H max. 68 cm
The figure, probably to be identified with the Divine Spring herself, wears a turreted diadem and a double chiton with a short mantle, and holds a patera in her right hand and a serpent in her left.
The Etruscan inscription, inscribed vertically on a fold of the lower chiton, reads:
au.scarpe.au.velimnal.persac
cver.flereś.havensl
"Aule Scarpe, son of Aule and Velimnei, to the spirit/divinity (flereś) of the spring (havens)"
Photographed on display at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli (MANN), Naples, Italy
Part of the exhibit "Gli Dei Ritornano. I bronzi di San Casciano (The Gods Return. The bronzes of San Casciano)," 16 February - 30 June 2024
In the collection of the Soprintendenza Archeologia Belle Arti e Paesaggio (SABAP) per le province di Siena, Grosseto e Arezzo
Inv. Z129 (head), Z134 (right hand), Z145 (body)
Hellenistic period, Roman Late Republican period, 2nd half 2nd c. BCE
Chiusine production?
Excavated from the sacred pool in the sanctuary at San Casciano dei Bagni (see on Pleiades)
H max. 68 cm
The figure, probably to be identified with the Divine Spring herself, wears a turreted diadem and a double chiton with a short mantle, and holds a patera in her right hand and a serpent in her left.
The Etruscan inscription, inscribed vertically on a fold of the lower chiton, reads:
au.scarpe.au.velimnal.persac
cver.flereś.havensl
"Aule Scarpe, son of Aule and Velimnei, to the spirit/divinity (flereś) of the spring (havens)"
Photographed on display at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli (MANN), Naples, Italy
Part of the exhibit "Gli Dei Ritornano. I bronzi di San Casciano (The Gods Return. The bronzes of San Casciano)," 16 February - 30 June 2024
In the collection of the Soprintendenza Archeologia Belle Arti e Paesaggio (SABAP) per le province di Siena, Grosseto e Arezzo
Inv. Z129 (head), Z134 (right hand), Z145 (body)
Hellenistic period, Roman Late Republican period, 2nd half 2nd c. BCE
Chiusine production?
Excavated from the sacred pool in the sanctuary at San Casciano dei Bagni (see on Pleiades)
H max. 68 cm
The figure, probably to be identified with the Divine Spring herself, wears a turreted diadem and a double chiton with a short mantle, and holds a patera in her right hand and a serpent in her left.
The Etruscan inscription, inscribed vertically on a fold of the lower chiton, reads:
au.scarpe.au.velimnal.persac
cver.flereś.havensl
"Aule Scarpe, son of Aule and Velimnei, to the spirit/divinity (flereś) of the spring (havens)"
Photographed on display at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli (MANN), Naples, Italy
Part of the exhibit "Gli Dei Ritornano. I bronzi di San Casciano (The Gods Return. The bronzes of San Casciano)," 16 February - 30 June 2024
In the collection of the Soprintendenza Archeologia Belle Arti e Paesaggio (SABAP) per le province di Siena, Grosseto e Arezzo
Inv. Z129 (head), Z134 (right hand), Z145 (body)
Hellenistic period, Roman Late Republican period, 2nd half 2nd c. BCE
Chiusine production?
Excavated from the sacred pool in the sanctuary at San Casciano dei Bagni (see on Pleiades)
H max. 68 cm
The figure, probably to be identified with the Divine Spring herself, wears a turreted diadem and a double chiton with a short mantle, and holds a patera in her right hand and a serpent in her left.
The Etruscan inscription, inscribed vertically on a fold of the lower chiton, reads:
au.scarpe.au.velimnal.persac
cver.flereś.havensl
"Aule Scarpe, son of Aule and Velimnei, to the spirit/divinity (flereś) of the spring (havens)"
Photographed on display at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli (MANN), Naples, Italy
Part of the exhibit "Gli Dei Ritornano. I bronzi di San Casciano (The Gods Return. The bronzes of San Casciano)," 16 February - 30 June 2024
In the collection of the Soprintendenza Archeologia Belle Arti e Paesaggio (SABAP) per le province di Siena, Grosseto e Arezzo
Inv. Z129 (head), Z134 (right hand), Z145 (body)