Marble cinerary urn
about A.D. 69–96
Medium/TechniqueMarble from Carrara in northwest Italy
DimensionsHeight x width x depth: 40.5 (with lid) x 40.5 x 29.5 cm (15 15/16 x 15 15/16 x 11 5/8 in.)
Credit LineOtis Norcross Fund
Accession number1972.15
On View
Not on viewClassificationsTomb equipment
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1972: with Miss Jeannette Brun, Dufourstrasse 119, Zurich 8008, Switzerland (from a Swiss private collection, presumably from Italy); purchased by MFA from Miss Jeannette Brun, January 12, 1972
1st or 2nd century A.D.
late 1st century B.C. – 1st century A.D.
1st–2nd century A.D.
2nd century A.D. or 19th century
1st–2nd century A.D.
30 B.C.–A.D. 70
1st–2nd century A.D.
late 2nd century A.D., based on Hellenistic Greek work of 2nd century B.C.
probably first half of the 1st century B.C.
about A.D. 125–175