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The Lovatelli urn is a 1st century BCE marble funerary urn from the early Roman imperial period. It is thought to depict Persephone, Demeter and Triptolemus, the triad of the Eleusinian mysteries, however, there are several different competing interpretations about the figures and their meaning in the literature.

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  • The Lovatelli urn is a 1st century BCE marble funerary urn from the early Roman imperial period. It is thought to depict Persephone, Demeter and Triptolemus, the triad of the Eleusinian mysteries, however, there are several different competing interpretations about the figures and their meaning in the literature. It was found during an 1875 excavation of the columbarium of the Statilii on the Esquiline Hill near Porta Maggiore in Rome, Italy. This area contained the remains of freed slaves and servants of the family. The object is named after Ersilia Caetani Lovatelli, an Italian art historian and archaeologist who first published a description of it in 1896. It is held in the collection of the National Roman Museum. (en)
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  • Height: 29.4 cm. Diameter: 32 cm. (en)
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  • National Roman Museum at Palazzo Massimo (en)
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  • Lovatelli urn (en)
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  • The Lovatelli urn is a 1st century BCE marble funerary urn from the early Roman imperial period. It is thought to depict Persephone, Demeter and Triptolemus, the triad of the Eleusinian mysteries, however, there are several different competing interpretations about the figures and their meaning in the literature. (en)
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