@drnwillburger.bsky.socialA painted #Etruscan terracotta cinerary urn lid with a reclining woman.
Found in Chiusi, dating 150-120 BC.
It was on display at the Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe, which will be closed for the next couple of years.
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@anthonymajanlahti.bsky.socialYou're no Adonis / Having you gone is the best. For #SarcophagusSaturday, a look at this stunning late-C3 BCE #Etruscan terracotta cinerary urn from #Tuscania. It depicts a high-relief sculpture of the dying #Adonis. But was the deceased really such a catch? #AncientBluesky 🏺
@anniecburman.bsky.socialI will never get over this drawing of Danielsson's of a snake from Tomba dell'Orco. It looks so pleased with itself. It's being held by a fearsome demon, but its little face is saying 'helloooo'. #epigraphy #etruscan #tarquinia
@krymsynreine.bsky.socialRoof ornament with Medusa's head. Etruscan, from Italy, 6th century BCE. National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh #witchsky #pagansky #occultsky #archaeology #Medusa #Etruscan
@anniecburman.bsky.socialEveryone's favourite little guy (actually very large guy), the Volsinian cippus shaped like a warrior's head. Ink drawing by O.A. Danielsson, based on Perali. The inscription is CIE 5000 = ET Vs 1.113. The illustration board has yellowed from the envelope it's been kept in. #etruscan
@chapps.bsky.socialThis beautifully detailed silver and gilt pyxis (lidded box) was probably made in a Greek workshop in Apulia, eventually deposited in an #Etruscan tomb. How do we know? It’s inscribed with the Etruscan word ‘śuthina’ (‘for the tomb’), marking it as the property of the deceased. 🏺 1/
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![Silver and gilt pyxis (box with lid), part of a group of three items known as the Bolsena silver. The bands of ornament on the box and alternate leaves on the pointed lid have gilding. The inscription written on the side of the cylindrical box in Etruscan must have been added subsequently. It reads śuthina, meaning "of [for] the tomb" suggesting that the objects were acquired by an Etruscan and buried with him.
The pyxis itself was originally manufactured as a luxury item in Apulia (southern Italy), likely in a Greek workshop. Marking an item as śuthina served a religious function in Etruscan burial practices. It legally and spiritually designated the luxury object as property of the deceased and the underworld deities. Once marked "for the tomb," the item was consecrated and could never be reused or stolen for the world of the living.
Height: with cover 3 5/16 in. (8.4 cm)
Apulian, possibly Tarentine, early 3rd c. BCE, Met Museum (03.24.6)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:4gvknr7shvnikz4ymbtf7wye/bafkreiexikki45tndpnkqzmuho7upuipfuz2tpsaisahsflgje2etyc4ue@jpeg)
@mediafaro.bluesky.mediafaro.orgWe still understand little of the Etruscan language.
Although the Etruscans influenced the ancient Greeks and Romans —the Romans even used Etruscan characters to create our current Latin script— we only have limited understanding of the Etruscan language.
@bluebanana50.bsky.social#etruscan #amphora 6th century BC #diversity
