Funerary Urn of a Married Woman

Inv.: 13895
Date:  75-50 B.C. 
Dimensions:  70 cm high x 61.5 cm long
Materials:   Alabaster (cover) and calcarenite (casket)

This funerary urn was placed on a bench inside a chamber tomb.  The tomb belonged to a single family that used it for various generations.  The cover represents the deceased inclined upon a kline (type of bed), clothed in a long tunic and with a rython in her right hand.  The scene represented on the casket in bas-relief shows the apparition of the deceased husband to his wife, a motif that recounts the encounter between spouses in the after-life.  The cover did not originally belong to this casket.  The work was made in a workshop in Volterra between 75 and 50 B.C. 

STATE OF PRESERVATION:

  •  There are numerous calcium deposits present on the urn as well as many plaster touch-ups that mar the original surface.  The cover is all in one-piece.  The casket was not assembled in the best manner and there are traces of interventions done in plaster that disfigure the original composition of the object.

RESTORATION PROCESS:

  • Cleaning of surface

  • Elimination of previous restorations and interventions

  • Consolidation and integration of entire object

Total Cost: $2,500.00