Alabastron, Poggio Pinci

Description

Alabastron from the Necropolis of Poggio Pinci, Asciano, Tuscany, Italy Alabastron made of alabaster. Cylindrical body. Such alabastra originated in Egypt and became widespread in Etruria in the 5th and 4th c. BCE. Some examples are documented until the Roman period. Tomb V.262, Necropolis of Poggio Pinci, Asciano. Mangani 1983, n. cat. V, 33. Displayed at the Civic Museum of Archaeology and Sacred Art at Palazzo Corboli, Asciano. Processed in Reality Capture from 223 images. GDH ID No. C16_262 This project was done under the authority of the Soprintendenza Archeologia, belle arti e paesaggio per le province di Siena Grosseto e Arezzo in collaboration with Global Digital Heritage and the Municipality of Asciano. We thank Elisa, Benedetta and all the staff from Palazzo Corboli for making the collection accessible and our work easier.