ANCORA SULLE CD. “PIANGENTI” IN BUCCHERO DI CERVETERI NUOVE E VECCHIE ATTESTAZIONI A CONFRONTO

Abstract

The discovery of 21 female bucchero statuettes, placed on the floor around the bed of a Middle
Orientalizing mound of the necropolis of Banditaccia in Cerveteri, constitutes an opportunity to
reflect on this nucleus of materials produced in Cerveteri and on the importance, still in the third
quarter of the seventh century, of the mourners in the complex scenic representation of the funeral
ceremony.

Keywords: Cerveteri; bucchero; female statuettes; plorants; funeral ceremony; mourners; chalices
with caryatids.