Les urnes cinéraires étrusques de l'époque hellénistique. Proche et Moyen Orient and toilet of the inhabitants

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présentée du 13 juin au 13 octobre 2013

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Les urnes cinéraires étrusques de l'époque hellénistique. Proche et Moyen Orient and toilet of the inhabitantsThe abundant artisanal production of stone and terracotta urns intended to receive the ashes of the dead, decorated with reliefs on their front and generally surmounted by the effigy of the deceased, constitutes in the Hellenistic period (3rd 1st century BC) one of the most curious artistic and religious manifestations of Etruscan funerary art, which was for a long time unknown to the general public and neglected by scholars. The 72 examples in the