Detail of a kithara player on a sarcophagus from Cerveteri

Unknown (Etruscan)

Item type:

sculpture

Date of creation:

5th century BCE

Height:

100.0 cm  (39 3/8 in.)

Width:

190.0 cm  (74 13/16 in.)

Depth:

66.0 cm  (26 in.)

measurements for sarcophagus

Technique / Medium:

marble

Place of creation:

Cerveteri (Italia)

Description

Necropolis of the Banditaccia

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Kithara [4940]

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Lawergren, Bo. "The cylinder kithara in Etruria, Greece, and Anatolia", Imago musicae: International yearbook of musical iconography 1 (1984) 147-174, fig. 13. RILM 1984-07037.

RIdIM record id

4828