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Wild horse
Steppe bison
Hour
Late Pilocene rhinoceros
Southern elephant
Ancient hippo
Bear of Auvergne
Etruscan bear
Saber-toothed tiger
Etruscan dog
Kebele volterrana
Clay antefix
Wild horse
Steppe bison
Hour
Late Pilocene rhinoceros
Southern elephant
Ancient hippo
Bear of Auvergne
Etruscan bear
Saber-toothed tiger
Etruscan dog
Kebele volterrana
Clay antefix

Kebele volterrana

Anonymous

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Montevarchi Paleontological Museum

Montevarchi Paleontological Museum

Via Poggio Bracciolini 36/40, Montevarchi

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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.
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Title: Kebele volterrana

Author: Anonymous

Date: IV - III sec. a.C.

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Displayed in: Montevarchi Paleontological Museum

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