[4] It depicts a man and woman lying on a kline, a dining couch with cushions to help keep the spouses propped up, all of which have been stylized.

[5][4] However, the marked contrast between the busts in high relief and the very flattened legs is typically Etruscan, as is the interest of the upper half of the figures with their expressive faces and arms.

[5] Etruscan culture had an appreciation for taking care of the remains of their loved ones; this is seen by how many resources were put into creating their tombs and funerary art, so much so that their cemeteries were often called the "cities of the dead" or necropoleis.

[5] They also made clay huts to contain their remains, which resemble the houses that have been found in an important Etruscan site, Cavalupo.

[4] There is a fresco on the back wall which, though damaged, shows a banquet dinner party, with people being depicted in similar positions as that seen in the Sarcophagus of the Spouses.

[4] In Etruscan banquets, it was a common practice to have both men and woman, who had equal status in their society, share this event with each other as it is represented here in the fresco; they are side-by-side and shown in the same proportions and in similar poses.

[4][1] The fresco relief, which has the same setting as the Spouses, can show that they have a positive outlook on sending their loved ones to the afterlife since they are sharing their last meals with their family members for all eternity.

[4] They also have two attendants serving the banqueters, and on the sides of the tomb paintings showcase what entertainment the Etruscans would have participated in; for example, musicians are playing and people dancing.

Since they made such elaborate tombs for their deceased loved ones, and the sarcophagus is based on a couple, it can be seen that family ties were important in their society.

[7] That of the females would have the same features as the male, yet they would be enclosed in a house-like structure, with the ends of the bed raised in a triangular shape to resemble roofing.

[7] It has been shown that women of the higher society were literate and that females related to a male by blood ties were respected since they were the ones carrying children through her bloodline.

This urn also has a couple, the bare-chested man embracing the clothed woman, leaning up against pillows, laying on a kline with their legs covered up and their feet slightly sticking out.