Carlotta - the museum database

NM Sk 0191 :: urn

Object description: On the lid a reclining chubby female figure in frontal posture is depicted; her head is turned upwards with the hair parted in the middle and tied at the back in a knot; she wears a diadem with painted decoration and earrings with a central disc and three elongated pendants each, a thick twisted torques round the neck and a ring on the left ring-finger; the figure wears a cloak covering the body and a tunic tied under the breasts with a girdle; the folds of the garment are densely rendered; in the right hand she holds a pomegranate, while the left lies horizontally on two stiff, undecorated cushions. Faint traces of polychromy: black on hair, red on the diadem and the right earring, yellow ochre on the pomegranate. The chest has relief decorations on three sides (the missing back was most likely undecorated): the front relief has an upper moulding with a projecting cornice and a narrow fillet with cable pattern; the base moulding is plain; on either side stands a fluted pilaster with composite Ionic capitals and profilated bases; these architectural decorations frame the central motif , a Scylla with nude upper body, vegetal skirt, fish-tail legs and large plumed wings; the Scylla holds an oar diagonally in both her hands; the side reliefs are framed by plain lists on three sides; the central motifs on them consists on both sides of a vase (a krater) with a long, wide neck, elongated S-shaped volute handles, fluted body and a high fluted foot with a horizontal profile fillet. Made out of Volterran tufa.

Data elements
References (5)

Inventory number

NM Sk 0191

Serie nummer

3342

Object

urn

Object, Swedish

gravurna

Country - Findspot

Italy : Europe

Country, Swedish - Findspot

Italien

Place - Findspot

Volterra

Geographic name, alternative - Swedish

Toscana

Geographic name, alternative

Tuscany

Material

Tufa

Material, Swedish

Tuff

Context

Funerary

Acquisition

Unknown, but mentioned for the first time in the catalogue of the National Museum in 1871.; Sannolikt del av Karl XV:s slottsamling som på 1870-talet donerades enligt testamente till Nationalmuseum.

Description

On the lid a reclining chubby female figure in frontal posture is depicted; her head is turned upwards with the hair parted in the middle and tied at the back in a knot; she wears a diadem with painted decoration and earrings with a central disc and three elongated pendants each, a thick twisted torques round the neck and a ring on the left ring-finger; the figure wears a cloak covering the body and a tunic tied under the breasts with a girdle; the folds of the garment are densely rendered; in the right hand she holds a pomegranate, while the left lies horizontally on two stiff, undecorated cushions. Faint traces of polychromy: black on hair, red on the diadem and the right earring, yellow ochre on the pomegranate. The chest has relief decorations on three sides (the missing back was most likely undecorated): the front relief has an upper moulding with a projecting cornice and a narrow fillet with cable pattern; the base moulding is plain; on either side stands a fluted pilaster with composite Ionic capitals and profilated bases; these architectural decorations frame the central motif , a Scylla with nude upper body, vegetal skirt, fish-tail legs and large plumed wings; the Scylla holds an oar diagonally in both her hands; the side reliefs are framed by plain lists on three sides; the central motifs on them consists on both sides of a vase (a krater) with a long, wide neck, elongated S-shaped volute handles, fluted body and a high fluted foot with a horizontal profile fillet. Made out of Volterran tufa.

Time - Manufacturing, earliest

170-160 BC

Period

Etrusco-Roman

Period, Swedish

Etruskisk-Romersk

Exhibition - Current

Antikens Grekland och Rom

Description: You will find parts of the Greek and Roman collections along one side of the central hall. One section highlights the ancient mythology. Below are pottery and sculpture with motifs taken from the Greek myths, such as the deities Athena, Apollo and Artemis, and the heroes Achilles, Heracles, Orpheus and exciting adventures. Also the symposium, the Greek men's drinking, is depicted in a booth . Here you will find all the different parts of tableware and many images of Dionysos , the god of wine.
In lapidariet, the center hall stone gallery, you are face to face with the marble portraits of Roman emperors and individuals, as well as reliefs and altars for worship and remembrance of the deceased. (www.medelhavsmuseet.se, 2009-07-13, google translate)

Exhibition, Part of - Current

Antikens Grekland och Rom - Lapidariet

Exhibition - Previously

Etruskerna i 3D

Time - Start: 2012-02-102012-02-10
Time - End: 2012-09-022012-09-02

Room 10, 1989-2008

Description: Room 10, Central hall, permanent exhibition. There have been some small changes during the years.
In 2006 the multiculture showcase was installed and the two other showcases were painted.
Time - Start: 19891989
Time - End: 20082008

Room 6

Description: This gallery was organised in the beginning of 2009 to keep some of the museum's highlights previously exhibited in the central hall.This%20gallery%20was%20organised%20in%20the%20beginning%20of%202009%20to%20keep%20some%20of%20the%20museum%27s%20highlights%20previously%20exhibited%20in%20the%20central%20hall.
Time - Start: 20092009
Time - End: 20132013

Exhibition, Part of - Previously

Room 10 - Showcase 10:13. växt

Name - Owner

Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Description: Nationalmuseum is a publicly owned cultural institution.Nationalmuseum%20is%20a%20publicly%20owned%20cultural%20institution.
Source - http: www.nationalmuseum.se, collections.smvk.se

Keyword

cinerary urn; ash urn

NegNo

8870D

Publications

M. Nielsen, ‘Cinerary Urns from Volterra and Chiusi: Late Etruscan Funerary Sculpture in Stockholm’, (unpublished).

PhotoNegNo

8871D-8872D

Length / Längd

54 cm (lid); 55,8 cm (chest)

Height / Höjd

40 cm (lid); 43,5 cm (lid)

Width / Bredd

21 cm (lid); 23 cm (chest)

Loan in - Current

in-1977.0002, Medelhavsmuseet

Condition

The plinth of the lid chipped; a crack runs through the left knee and thigh; back wall and bottom of chest missing; the column on right front corner and a part of the upper moulding missing; left basck cornice damaged.

Original register

GreekRoman

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