Kings of Avernus
3rd—2nd centuries BCE. Tarquinia, Tomb of the Orcus (Tomb of the Ogre, Tomb of Murina)

Kings of Avernus.

3rd—2nd centuries BCE.

Tarquinia, Tomb of the Orcus (Tomb of the Ogre, Tomb of Murina)
(Tarquinia, Tomba dell’Orco (Tomba dei Murina)).

Credits:
© Photo, text: Les grands siècles de la peinture: La peinture étrusque, p. 111.
© 1985. Editions d’Art Albert Skira S. A., Genève.
Première édition © 1952, by Editions d’Art Albert Skira S. A., Genève.
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