File: Etruscan perfume vase Louvre Br2949.jpg
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Unknown artist |
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English: Etruscan perfume vase shaped like a female head, on which is inscribed the word “suthina” (“for the tomb”) in retrograde Etruscan script. Bronze, early 2nd century BC.
Français : Vase à parfum étrusque en forme de tête féminine, portant l'inscription rétrograde « suthina » (« appartient à la tombe ») ce qui indique sa destination funéraire. Bronze, début du IIe siècle av. J.-C. |
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| Dimensions | H. 16 cm (6 ¼ in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current location |
Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, currently not on display |
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| Accession number |
Br 2949 |
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| Credit line | Former collection J. Gréau; purchase, 1885 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | Jastrow (2005) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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