National Archaeological Museum of Spoleto

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The National Archaeological Museum of Spoleto (Museo archeologico nazionale di Spoleto) is an archaeological museum in Umbria that opened in 1985 . It is located in Spoleto , Via S. Agata, 18 / A.

Exhibition structure

Augustus head

The museum, opened in 1985, is located in the former monastery of S. Agata. Its complex was built into the structures of a Roman theater , with considerable parts of the walls and other structural structures being taken over. The main purpose of the museum is to expose the urban development from Spoleto to the municipal era, but also takes into account the surrounding territory.

The lex luci spoletina , also called Lex spoletina for short , was created at the end of the 3rd or beginning of the 2nd century BC. Chr.

The oldest artifacts come from the Bronze Age , followed by the time of the Umbrians . Their time is shown above all by the rich finds of a necropolis that was discovered in the Piazza d'Armi. This in turn dates from the 7th to 6th centuries BC. Archaeological traces from the time until the founding of the Latin colony in the year 241 BC. BC, such as inscriptions or terracottas , structures of shops or workshops for ceramic production can be read from the finds as well as the structure of the city and territory. The lex luci spoletina in archaic Latin has been preserved on two stones , in which punishments are threatened in the event that the forest that was dedicated to Jupiter is profaned . The two stones, which are of great importance for the enforcement of the Latin script and language, the legal language and archaic Latin itself, were probably on the edge of the large forest area at a distance of about 20 km. The municipal era is also made tangible through monumental inscriptions, sculptures and fragments, but also through mosaics on the first floor.

On the second floor there are exhibits from the Valnerina , the area that has always been closely related to the city. These include late Bronze Age urns from the necropolis of Monteleone di Spoleto as well as the remains from the sanctuary there and that of Montefranco . The grave goods from the Hellenistic and Roman necropolis of Norcia are also significant finds .

Many exhibits from the Canzio Sapori collection, which was bequeathed to the state a few years ago, also come from the Spoletan region. These include an urn from Ponte di Cerreto with geometric decoration and a remarkable male portrait from the late Republican period from Ferentillo .

A specially designed section contains the finds from the 7th century BC. From the necropolis on the Piazza d'Armi, which were recorded between 2008 and 2011. Also the Roman theater from the 1st century BC. BC, which was restored, was given a separate section for its sculptures that were excavated between the 1950s and 1990s. These include portrait-like stone carvings by Augustus and Julius Caesar .

literature

  • Mariarosaria Salvatore: Museo archeologico di Spoleto. La formazione della città, dalle origini al municipio (90 aC) , Ministero per i beni e le attivita culturali, Soprintendenza per i beni archeologici dell'Umbria, 2008 (30 pages).

Web links

Commons : Spoleto Archaeological Museum  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

  1. ^ Giovanni Pascucci: La 'lex sacra' di Spoleto , in: Spoletium. Rivista di arte storia cultura 34-35 (1990) 5-10, here: p. 10 ( CIL F 366 or XI 4766).

Coordinates: 42 ° 44 ′ 0.8 ″  N , 12 ° 44 ′ 7.6 ″  E