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Urn Figure
Urn Figure
c. AD 200–500 (Thermoluminescence date, 60 BC-AD 390)
Earthenware
Overall: 26.1 x 16.3 x 16.3 cm (10 1/4 x 6 7/16 x 6 7/16 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener 1990.277
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Description
The figure projecting from the front of a cylindrical container wears a mouth mask perhaps shaped as a serpent’s fanged upper jaw. It probably served in a tomb as a companion to a larger, more complex figural urn. Though termed "urns," these ceramics do not contain the cremated ashes of the dead but usually are found empty.
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