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Surroundings:

Tarquinia, Tomba BruschiTarquinia, Doganaccia, The Queen`s TumulusViillanovian Necropolis of Villa Bruschi FalgariAra della Regina

Location:

  • Italy, Tarquinia
  • geo:42.249859,11.770752
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • -500~ / unknown

Class:

  • Grave or burial field
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=23727

Annotations

The 5591 Tomb of the Monterozzi Necropolis of Tarquinia dates back to 500-490 BC. It consists of  a single room with double sloping ceiling. The tomb is 4.12 m long,  3.03 m wide and  2.18 high. Two antithetical lions are depict on the back wall tympanon. Below there is a flute player, a male figure with a kylix in his hand and a richly dressed woman. On the side walls dancers alternating with trees.

See:

  1. Stephan Steingräber, Abundance of Life: Etruscan Wall Painting, Getty Publications, 2006
  2. http://www.etruschi.name/tarquinia/tomba_5591_it.html

Nearby

Tomb of the Dead Man, Tarquinia

Tomba del Morto, Calvario necropolis.

Tarquinia, Tomba 808

Tomb no 808 at Monterozzi Necropolis


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