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Small cista with a solid cast handle of a seated boy. "Suthina" inscribed in Etruscan letters on the body and the lid, indicating this object was made for the tomb.
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Title: Bronze cista (toiletries box)
Period: Hellenistic
Date: early 3rd century BCE
Culture: Etruscan or Praenestine
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: H. 7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm)
Classification: Bronzes
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1903
Object Number: 03.24.2
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