Villanovan Hut Urn in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, October 2009

Oval Hut Urn

9th century B.C.

Dimensions- Urn: 20.5 x 26 cm (8 1/16 x 10 1/4 in.).
Door: height: 9 cm; width: 11.3 cm

Material: Terracotta

Classification: Vessels

Accession Number: 1974.171a-b

Text from: www.mfa.org/collections/object/oval-hut-urn-262859

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Oval ash urn in the form of a hut
Italy (Latium)
Villanovan, about 9th century BC
Ceramic, impasto ware

# 1974.171a,b

Hut-shaped urns preserve the form and structure of wattle and daub Italic houses of the early Iron Age. Horns on the roof warded off evil spirits.

Text from the MFA label.