Museo Archeologico Nazionale
dell' Umbria
Small Cloister, Upper Loggia
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North Side
These exhibits are along the first corridor on the right, which runs along the east side of the small cloister.
Grave goods from Ipogeo di Colle (3rd – 1st centuries BC)
These grave goods, which came from the Ipogeo di Colle (outside Bettona), are displayed in a cabinet on the right. The
hypogeum was discovered in 1913, by which time its barrel-vaulted
ceiling had collapsed. It was restored in 1916.
The
surviving grave goods exhibited here include:
many pieces of gold jewelry; and
a Latin inscription (late 1st century BC) punched on a bronze sheet that commemorates Voisus, son of Lucius.
Cippus of Perugia (ca. 300 BC)
The so-called Cippus of Perugia, which stands at the end of this corridor, contains one of the longest and most important surviving Etruscan inscriptions.
East Side
Retrace your steps and then continue along the east side of the cloister. The following exhibits are on the left.
Votive deposits from Magione (5th – 1st centuries BC)
These
bronze votive statues were found on the presumed site of a temple
during excavations in 1934. They include figures of animals and female
deities and putti and one of a swaddled baby that was probably
offerings to Tec Sans, a local deity that protected children. (A
larger figure known as the Graziani putto (early 2nd century BC), which
was found in 1587 at nearby Sanguinetto
on Lake Trasimeno is exhibited in the Museo Gregoriano Etrusco, Vatican, Rome).
Helmet from the Ipogeo dei Tetina (late 4th or 3rd century BC)
This hypogeum (2nd century BC) was excavated in 1880 in Pacciano, near Castiglione. The urns from the hypogeum are displayed as numbers 127-9 in the large cloister. The helmet, which lay near the urn of the founder, Larth Teitna, had probably belonged to a Greek soldier and may have been war booty taken by one of the founder’s ancestors.
Grave goods from Pila (3rd century BC)
The
grave goods exhibited here were found in 1929 at Pila, south of
Perugia. Unfortunately, the context in which the finds were made has
been lost. The objects include a huge bronze shield, a pair of gold
earrings and a set of tubular gold beads (which were subsequently
threaded to form a three-stranded necklace).
(A bronze statue (ca. 100 BC) known as the Orator or Arringatore that was found at Pila in 1563 is now in the Museo Archeologico, Florence.)
Votive statues from Ancarano di Norcia (5th - 3rd centuries BC)
The
votive objects in a cabinet in the corridor along the east of the small
cloister were found in 1875-8 during the excavation of a fortified
sanctuary at Forca d' Ancarano, north of Norcia. They include three bronze statues (5th century BC) of a warrior or warlike god.
A small bronze figure (4th century BC) of a reclining man that was also found during these excavations is now in the British Museum, London.
South of the Small Cloister
The room to the south of the small cloister contains a heterogeneous collection of objects that are newly exhibited i what might prove to be a temporary location. Those that were on display in September 2007 are described in the page on temporary exhibits.Ipogeo dei Setna (2nd – mid 1st century BC)
Retrace your steps along the south side of the small cloister and continue ahead. The urns from the hypogeum of the Setna family are displayed in the small room immediately on the left.
Turn left on leaving this small room, continue to the end of the corridor and turn left and up the steps to the Sala dei Bronzi.
Alternatively, return to the main page on the Museo Archeologico.