The general term (plural cippi) for stone tomb marker. Some urban funerary traditions had plain markers (e.g., Marzabotto), or markers of varied levels of plastic elaboration such as onion shaped (e.g., Perugia, Chiusi and Orvieto) or die shaped (South Etruria). Other urban funerary traditions had more elaborate figurative reliefs (e.g., Fiesole and Bologna) which can also be classified as stele.
See also TOMBS.
Historical Dictionary of the Etruscans. Simon K. F. Stoddart.