#cinerary
#SarcophagusSaturday today offers us a terracotta #cinerary #urn from #Athens, now in the #BritishMuseum. It dates from c. 300 BCE, and the painted and gilded #griffins show a strong #Persian influence, an inheritance from the by then divided empire of #Alexander the Great. #AncientBluesky 🏺
January 10, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Cinerary urn with impressed decoration, Silla kingdom, Three Kingdoms period, late 7th century. Unglazed stoneware with kiln gloss. H x W x D: 11.5 x 13.2 x 13.2 cm. Gift of Mrs. Maureen R. Jacoby in memory of Rolf Jacoby, Freer Gallery of Art Collection, F1991.87a-b © Smithsonian Institution
January 10, 2026 at 7:38 AM
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December 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
It reminds me of crickets on ancient Roman cinerary urns, making me wonder whether the child might be deceased & is being commemorated.
December 4, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Visiting the memorials of Titanic victims in & around London, many of them commemorated by a brass plaque or inscription on a family grave in the absence of a body, & the rare actual grave or cinerary urn of a recovered body returned home -field work for book & talks
November 22, 2025 at 11:03 AM
This bronze lebes (for mixing water and wine) used as a cinerary urn is a favorite of mine. I love the parade of mounted Amazons around the lid, each holding a bow. Very Scythian, actually. The larger couple may be dancing or he could be abducting her; she wears an Etruscan outfit. 🏺 1/

📸 me
November 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Ah oui. Liturgy US (aka Liturgy A.D.) c'est du gros gruik barbare: les 3 de Brodequin + le chanteur de Cinerary ca déplace des murs au petit doigt. Un seul album en 2004 et fin de l'histoire tout aussi vite 😅
November 16, 2025 at 5:32 PM
delivery jams

Degraved - Spectral Realm of Ruin
Deeds of Flesh - Reduced to Ashes
Malignancy - Intrauterine Cannibalism
Mortal Decay - Forensic
Seance - Fornever Laid to Rest
Cinerary - Rituals of Desecration
Degrade - Lost Torso Found
November 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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November 4, 2025 at 11:50 AM
A 1st century urn from Volterra depicts a scene from the Greek mythological siege by Polynices against Thebes, to remove his brother Eteocles from the throne and become king himself. Both brothers were sons of the late Oedipus.

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November 2, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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#Objectober 9: Weight! just some big beefy guys.
October 23, 2025 at 10:16 PM
#ReliefWednesday shows us the rich #relief work of the #cinerary #urn of one C. Iulius Saecularis, from c. 90 CE. The nude youth, a bit chubby, holds a #butterfly in his right hand, symbol of the #spirit. He doesn't want to let go of his earthly life. #Dionysiac symbols abound. #AncientBluesky 🏺
October 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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If you were the woman, and I were the man / Would I send you yellow roses / Would I dare to touch your hand? For #EpigraphyTuesday this #Flavian #cinerary #urn has a #marriage scene carved on it but names two #Greek freedmen. #AncientBluesky 🏺
September 2, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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August 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
#ReliefWednesday
Fully female sirens (without usual birdy bodies) each playing a different instrument.
Odysseus is tied to the mast so he can hear the sirens without sailing his ship onto rocks where they await. He tries to wriggle free....
Etruscan alabaster cinerary urn 2C BC. 🏺
In British Museum
August 27, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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🏺HYDRIA
August 23, 2025 at 10:13 AM
🏺STAMNOS
August 23, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Lid of a Cinerary Urn with Reclining Figure https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/292335
August 19, 2025 at 4:29 PM