The history of this extraordinary object has been lost but the good state of conservation and the impressed decorations suggest a funerary use as an urn to collect the ashes, instead of serving wine, as was customary at the time. The imprinted figures, in fact, tell the story of a woman who holds out a mantle with her right hand, while with her left she holds an egg that seems to shine, symbol of life after death, to her breast. This figure is closely related to the one painted on the other side of the crater; a man who is dressing in a cloak, presumably the deceased preparing for his new life.

Found by Alvaro Tracchi near Ponte Buriano (AR), the antefix represents a female head with a headdress that seems to recall the Phrygian cap. In the past, the apotropaic figures placed on the roofs of buildings served to protect and ward off evil spirits from the most important places. In Etruscan times, gorgon heads, divinity faces or palmette shapes were made and positioned on the roofs of the most important buildings such as temples or princely residences. Unfortunately the poor conservation conditions of the find do not allow to recognize the represented figure. Certainly, however, the discovery of the surface of this object has confirmed the hypothesis of the presence of an important ceramic production center in Ponte Buriano.