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Painted Tomb of Leonesse which dates from 520 BC at the Etruscan Monterozzi Necropolis at Tarquinia Italy. Made up of a single chamber the tomb decoration consist of a checkerboard patterned ceiling and the wall are divided by six columns. Depicted on the gable of the back wall are two lionesses facing each other; in the centre of the back wall is a great crater with whirls flanked by two musicians; on the left there is a female dancer, opposite her a couple dancing. Along the side walls are banqueting diners lying down.

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Tarquinia - Italy
Painted Tomb of Leonesse which dates from 520 BC at the Etruscan Monterozzi Necropolis at Tarquinia Italy. Made up of a single chamber the tomb decoration consist of a checkerboard patterned ceiling and the wall are divided by six columns. Depicted on the gable of the back wall are two lionesses facing each other; in the centre of the back wall is a great crater with whirls flanked by two musicians; on the left there is a female dancer, opposite her a couple dancing. Along the side walls are banqueting diners lying down.

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