Frieze on Etruscan sarcophagus

Unknown (Etruscan)


Item type:
sculpture
Date of creation:
ca. 325-275 BCE
Height:
88.0 cm  (34 5/8 in.)
Width:
210.0 cm  (82 11/16 in.)
Depth:
73.0 cm  (28 3/4 in.)
Dimensions for sarcophagus
Technique / Medium:
volcanic tuff
Place of creation:
Vulci (Italia)

Additional titles

Sarcophagus and lid with portraits of husband and wife

Description

Ceremony centered on the couple who are the subject of the sarcophagus. Musicians in the scene are (far left) a female kithara player who also holds a plectrum, (second from right) horn player, and (far right) double flute player.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Kithara [4940]
Double flute [3930]
Horn [4118]
Plectrum [6074]

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. 16. RILM 1984-07037.

RIdIM record id

4859