Urn with Lid

50-100 CE (Roman Imperial)

51.5 cm 27 cm 37.8 cm

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The name of the deceased, Novia Clara, appears on the front of this urn. The two handles are each in the form of a mask of Zeus-Ammon, the Hellenistic version of the powerful Egyptian god Amen, whose ram-horns curl around his ears. The lid preserves the lead clamps used to sec...

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Kalebjian Freres, Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Joseph Brummer, New York and Paris, 1925, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. P2187]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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