- chapter 54: Etruscan terracotta figurines –
The musicians from the Vignaccia at Cerveteri vary in type from a Classically inspired
fi gure,^23 to one closer in style to the Warrior – Minerva fi gures, recalling Near Eastern/
Cypriot prototypes^24 (Fig. 54.17). Occasionally these types are paired (Fig. 54.18) with
each other, or the lyre-bearing fi gure may be paired with a woman (Fig. 54.19) in which
case, the group could be interpreted as Apollo and Artemis (Aplu and Artumes).^25 In some
instances, the two musicians fl ank a group enclosed in an architectural frame, or naiskos,
similar to the arrangement of the goddess fl anked by fl ute and lyre player at Boğazköy
in Phrygia.^26 An example of such a group is the plaque from Cerveteri representing a
scene of sacrifi ce (perhaps performed by Artemis) where a single fl ute player assists at the
altar (Fig. 54.20).^27 In another instance, a duplicated seated female type is enclosed in an
architectural frame fl anked by the musicians (Fig. 54.21). A sacrifi cing Artemis/Artumes
type, depicted seated on an altar (?) occurs both in a single and a duplicated version (Figs
54.22 and 54.23). Do we understand the latter as two separate identities or as an actual
duplication of the same divinity, perhaps to underscore two of her aspects?^28 In all three
examples, the same mold seems to have been employed to create new combinations.
Figure 54.15 Standing woman holding pig in right hand. From the Vignaccia Sanctuary at Cerveteri.
Inv. No. 8–2481. Photo: author. Courtesy of the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology,
University of California, Berkeley.Figure 54.16 Lyre bearing musician from the Campetti Sanctuary at Veii. Museo Nazionale di Villa
Giulia. Courtesy of the Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici dell’Etruria Meridionale.