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Detailed explanation-1: -A lidded vessel used as a container for the ashes of someone who whose body has been cremated. Human-headed cinerary urn. Terracotta.

Detailed explanation-2: -A vessel for cremated human remains. In the Roman period, cremation was a widely used method of disposing of the dead, whose ashes were sometimes placed in glass cinerary urns.

Detailed explanation-3: -A type of vessel with a footed base, high shoulder and with or without handles and lids, urns were a ubiquitous symbol for furniture, the decorative arts and architecture during the Neoclassic period, culminating centuries of the symbol’s appearance.