Painted tomb (1799) from Sarno: woman receiving returning warrior
The paintings represent the return of a warrior on horseback and a woman driving a cart.
Tomb 1799, necropolis at Sarno, loc. Galitta del Capitano.
Excavated 17 September 2002.
The chamber tomb was reopened in antiquity and contained two depositions; the first, found swept to one corner and including a miniature bronze belt, is dated to the late 4th or early 3rd c. BCE (early Hellenistic period).
Museo Archeologico della Valle del Sarno, Sarno, Campania, Italy
Painted tomb (1799) from Sarno: woman receiving returning warrior
The paintings represent the return of a warrior on horseback and a woman driving a cart.
Tomb 1799, necropolis at Sarno, loc. Galitta del Capitano.
Excavated 17 September 2002.
The chamber tomb was reopened in antiquity and contained two depositions; the first, found swept to one corner and including a miniature bronze belt, is dated to the late 4th or early 3rd c. BCE (early Hellenistic period).
Museo Archeologico della Valle del Sarno, Sarno, Campania, Italy