Ancient World

Lovatelli urn

The Lovatelli urn is an early Roman imperial period or 1st century CE marble funerary urn. 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 1876 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.

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• ▸Cliff dwelling
• ▸Mackenzie Large Igneous Province
• ▸David Moore Robinson

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