Etruscan sarcophagus from the Vipinana tombTuscania; necropolis of Carcarello; Vipinana tomb. Campanari excavations; 1839310-300 B.C.Tufa; height 62 cm (case only); length 222 cm; width 75 cminv. 14947 (case); inv. 75962: the lid is a cast of the original; held in the Archaeological Museum; Florence.The deceased is depicted reclining; wearing a convivial crown; and with a phial (a cup for libations) on the right.The scene on the front of the casket is set in a natural environment; as indicated by the stony ground. Artemis and Apollo are seated at the extremities; winged and armed with bows; apparently calm; they are massacring the twelve children of Niobe; here represented by just three boys and three young girls; alongside the mother and the elderly teacher; depicted in attitudes of desperation. Vatican Museums (Gregorian Etruscan Museum)2018
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