BALSAMARI CONFIGURATI DALLA TOMBA 252 DELLA NECROPOLI DI MONTE ABATONE A CERVETERI

Abstract

The contribution focuses on some plastic vases from tomb 252 of the Monte Abatone necropolis in
Cerveteri: in particular, a Corinthian ram-shaped vase and two Etruscan-Corinthian specimens in
the shape of a human leg and a dying hare. It is precisely in relation to the latter that some considerations
are made regarding the distribution of typologically similar specimens and the problematic
location of the production centres. The manufacture of Etruscan-Corinthian plastic vases with linear
decoration should be seen in relation to the figurative productions of the late cycles and, in this
sense, the role of Cerveteri should undoubtedly be re-evaluated, as the specimens under examination
seem to confirm. Finally, the question of the possible symbolic function of these objects, often associated
in several examples in the same context and in some cases referable to infantile contexts,
will be addressed.

Keywords: Plastic vases, Etruscan-Corinthian ceramics, Cerveteri, necropolis of Monte Abatone.