Tomba della Fustigazione, or "Tomb of Flogging" in English, is an Etruscan

Etruscan civilization

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 burial site from the Monterozzi Necropolis near the ancient city of Tarquinia

Tarquinia

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, in central Italy

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. The site is named after its eroticized depictions of floggings.

Description

Dated from the 5th century BC the tomb was discovered in 1960 and owes its name primarily for its two flogging scenes, although scenes of dance and music also complement the room. The two flogging frescoes are located on the right wall where they are separated by an image of a funerary door. The paintings are badly damaged. The fresco on the right side depicts a woman bending and holding the hips of a bearded man who is flogging her with his hand. Behind her a youth approaches with a hand on her buttocks and a raised whip in the other hand. The discovery of similar works by the Etruscan people reaffirms early Roman accounts of sexual permissiveness in Etruscan society.