Cinerary urn, Museo di Antichita, Turin, Italy
Cinerary urn, 1 of a pair, alabaster, 260-220 BC, thought to be that of the wife of the founder of the hypogeum, with reclining sculpture of the deceased holding a pomegranate, symbol of rebirth, in the Museo di Antichita, created 1940, housing collections of Greek and Roman antiquities and Turin and Piedmont history, from the House of Savoy, in the Palazzo Reale in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. On the chest is a relief of a battle scene with horseman, reminiscent of others depicting Alexander the Great. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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Alabaster Antichia Antichità Antiquities Archeologico Cinerary Deceased Funerary Hypogeum Musei Piedmont Pomegranate Reale Reali Rebirth Reclining Torino
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