National Archaeological Museum of Venosa

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Partial view of the fort from 1470

The National Archaeological Museum Venosa ( Museo archeologico nazionale di Venosa ) is a museum opened in November 1991 in Venosa, southern Italy (in the province of Potenza , Basilicata ), which, in addition to the ancient finds from the city ​​dating back to the Oscar period, artefacts from the Jewish community, as well as the More than 600,000 years old remains of the Notarchirico site , as well as the oldest thigh bone of a Homo erectus in Europe. It is located in the Aragonese castle of Venosa, which was built in 1470. It has been run by the Musei nazionali italiani since 2014 .

Remains of an elephant from Notarchirico
Jewish symbolism from a catacomb: Hanukkia

The five sections of the house span the pre-Roman era from the 4th century to 291 BC. BC, the period of Romanization , then the period from the Republic to Augustus , the imperial period and the late Roman-early medieval period. Numerous Roman as well as Oscar inscriptions from the nearby Bantia (Banzi) and Forentum (Lavello) originated in the 1st century BC. Also, inscriptions and Arkosolii attest to the existence of a Jewish community between the 4th and 9th centuries who buried their dead in catacombs adjacent to Christian catacombs.

Particularly noteworthy pieces are the Askos Catarinella depicting a funeral procession (late 4th / early 3rd century BC) and the famous Lex Osca Tabulae Bantinae , with Oscar legal texts on the front and back, which was discovered in 1967 by Oppido Lucano . The text was probably written in 89 BC. Chr.

literature

  • Mariarosaria Salvatore: Il Museo archeologico nazionale di Venosa , Matera 1991.

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Hartmut Galsterer : The lex Osca Tabulae Bantinae - an inventory : in Chiron 1 (1971) 191-214.

Coordinates: 40 ° 57 ′ 40.9 ″  N , 15 ° 49 ′ 6.3 ″  E