Sarcophagus of Seianti Hanunia Tlesnasa [SEP] collection
Sarcophagus of Seianti Hanunia Tlesnasa
The Sarcophagus of Seianti Hanunia Tlesnasa is the life-size sarcophagus of an Etruscan noblewoman dating from between 150–140 BC. Since 1887, it has been part of the British Museum's collection.
Discovery.
The brightly painted sarcophagus of the Etruscan aristocratic woman Seianti was discovered in 1886 at Poggio Cantarello near Chiusi in Tuscany and was subsequently sold, along with its contents (a skeleton and some grave belongings), to the British Museum. A similar sarcophagus is in the collections of the National
, central Italy, (8th–6th century BC)
- Contents of the Isis Tomb, Vulci, (570–560 BC)
- Painted terracotta plaques (the so-called "Boccanera Plaques") from a tomb in Cerveteri, (560–550 BC)
- Oscan Tablet, one of the most important inscriptions in the Oscan language, (300–100 BC)
- Sarcophagus of Seianti Hanunia Tlesnasa from Chiusi, (150–140 BC)
Ancient Greece (8th century BC – 4th century AD)
- Group of life-