Hellenistic cinerary urn figuring a woman

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Although this funeral cinerary urn hails from the Hellenistic period, one may observe the striking Etruscan influence that sets it apart. The Etruscans had a long-standing tradition of depicting a recumbent figure on funerary monuments such as tombs or cinerary urns, a practice they passed down to their successors, the Romans, who adopted and adapted it for centuries to come.