encaustic: a paint consisting of pigment mixed with melted beeswax; it is fixed with heat after application
paint: a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating
etruscan: a native or inhabitant of ancient Etruria; the Etruscans influenced the Romans (who had suppressed them by about 200 BC)