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Ceramic, Magenta ware
Hellenistic period, ca. 250-200 BCE
Found at Metaponto (ancient Metapontion/Metapontum; see on Pleiades), Crucinia necropolis, Giacovelli property, Tomb 317
Photographed on display at, and in the collection of, the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Metaponto
Greek Archaic period, 6th c. BCE
Found at Metaponto (ancient Metapontion/Metapontum; see on Pleiades), extraurban sanctuary, probably of Artemis and Zeus Aglaos, at loc. S. Biagio alla Vinella
Photographed on display at, and in the collection of, the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Metaponto
Hellenistic period, ca. 3rd-2nd c. BCE
Found at Metaponto (ancient Metapontion/Metapontum; see on Pleiades), urban sanctuary
Photographed on display at, and in the collection of, the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Metaponto
Greek Archaic period, 6th c. BCE
Found at Metaponto (ancient Metapontion/Metapontum; see on Pleiades), extraurban sanctuary, probably of Artemis and Zeus Aglaos, at loc. S. Biagio alla Vinella
Photographed on display at, and in the collection of, the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Metaponto
Late Classical period, late 5th c. BCE
Found at Torretta di Pisticci in the territory of Metaponto (see on Pleiades), "Tomb of Helen's Egg"
Photographed on display in the exhibit "L'istante e l'eternità. Tra noi e gli antichi" (The Instant and Eternity. Between us and the ancients"), Museo Nazionale Romano, Terme di Diocleziano, Rome (4 May- 30 July 2023)
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In the collection of the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Metaponto
Early Hellenistic period, late 4th c. BCE
Found at Metaponto (see on Pleiades), area of the Castrum, near the stoa
ἡδυπο]τοῦ ταμίας νέ[κ]ταρος εἰμὶ β[ροτοῖς(?)
"I am the dispenser to mortals(?) of nectar sweet to drink"
In the collection of the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Metaponto
Inv. 129862
Photographed on display in the exhibit "La pittura della voce. L'alfabeto prima e dopo Cuma" (The picture of the voice. The alphabet before and after Cumae) at the Museo Archeologico dei Campi Flegrei, May-June 2024.
Greek Late Archaic period, ca. 4th quarter 6th c. BCE
From Metaponto (ancient Metapontion; see on Pleiades)?
In the collection of, and photographed on display at, the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli (MANN)
Magna Graecia section
Inv. 200553
Greek, Archaic period, ca. 550s BCE
From Metaponto (see 'Metapontum' on Pleiades), acquired in 1865; formerly in the collection of the Comte James-Alexandre de Pourtalès
Phototographed at, and in the collection of, the Altes Museum, Berlin
Antikensammlung Inv. Fr. 768
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Greek, Archaic period, ca. 550s BCE
From Metaponto (see 'Metapontum' on Pleiades), acquired in 1865; formerly in the collection of the Comte James-Alexandre de Pourtalès
Phototographed at, and in the collection of, the Altes Museum, Berlin
Antikensammlung Inv. Fr. 768
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Early Classical period, ca. 470 BCE
Burial of a woman ca. 30-40 years old.
At Pantanello (see on Pleiades) in the chora of the city of Metapontion (Pleiades; in the territory of modern Bernalda).
Some 321 burials were excavated by the Institute of Classical Archaeology of the University of Texas at Austin between 1982 and 1986. The "life" of the Pantanello necropolis follows that of the Greek city, spanning from the early 6th to the 3rd c. BCE. Some of the stone sarcophaghi and cist tombs from the necropolis have been musealized on the grounds of the experimental agriculture center in the vicinity.
Late Archaic-Early Classical period, ca. 485 BCE
Burial of a woman ca. 25-30 years old.
At Pantanello (see on Pleiades) in the chora of the city of Metapontion (Pleiades; in the territory of modern Bernalda).
Some 321 burials were excavated by the Institute of Classical Archaeology of the University of Texas at Austin between 1982 and 1986. The "life" of the Pantanello necropolis follows that of the Greek city, spanning from the early 6th to the 3rd c. BCE. Some of the stone sarcophaghi and cist tombs from the necropolis have been musealized on the grounds of the experimental agriculture center in the vicinity.
At Pantanello (see on Pleiades) in the chora of the city of Metapontion (Pleiades; in the territory of modern Bernalda).
Some 321 burials were excavated by the Institute of Classical Archaeology of the University of Texas at Austin between 1982 and 1986. The "life" of the Pantanello necropolis follows that of the Greek city, spanning from the early 6th to the 3rd c. BCE. Some of the stone sarcophaghi and cist tombs from the necropolis have been musealized on the grounds of the experimental agriculture center in the vicinity.
Classical period, ca. 430 BCE
Burial of a woman ca. 20-25 years old.
At Pantanello (see on Pleiades) in the chora of the city of Metapontion (Pleiades; in the territory of modern Bernalda).
Some 321 burials were excavated by the Institute of Classical Archaeology of the University of Texas at Austin between 1982 and 1986. The "life" of the Pantanello necropolis follows that of the Greek city, spanning from the early 6th to the 3rd c. BCE. Some of the stone sarcophaghi and cist tombs from the necropolis have been musealized on the grounds of the experimental agriculture center in the vicinity.
At Pantanello (see on Pleiades) in the chora of the city of Metapontion (Pleiades; in the territory of modern Bernalda).
Some 321 burials were excavated by the Institute of Classical Archaeology of the University of Texas at Austin between 1982 and 1986. The "life" of the Pantanello necropolis follows that of the Greek city, spanning from the early 6th to the 3rd c. BCE. Some of the stone sarcophaghi and cist tombs from the necropolis have been musealized on the grounds of the experimental agriculture center in the vicinity.
Early Hellenistic period, ca. 310 BCE
Burial of a man ca. 25-30 years old.
At Pantanello (see on Pleiades) in the chora of the city of Metapontion (Pleiades; in the territory of modern Bernalda).
Some 321 burials were excavated by the Institute of Classical Archaeology of the University of Texas at Austin between 1982 and 1986. The "life" of the Pantanello necropolis follows that of the Greek city, spanning from the early 6th to the 3rd c. BCE. Some of the stone sarcophaghi and cist tombs from the necropolis have been musealized on the grounds of the experimental agriculture center in the vicinity.
Classical period, ca. 430 BCE
Burial of a man ca. 25-30 years old.
At Pantanello (see on Pleiades) in the chora of the city of Metapontion (Pleiades; in the territory of modern Bernalda).
Some 321 burials were excavated by the Institute of Classical Archaeology of the University of Texas at Austin between 1982 and 1986. The "life" of the Pantanello necropolis follows that of the Greek city, spanning from the early 6th to the 3rd c. BCE. Some of the stone sarcophaghi and cist tombs from the necropolis have been musealized on the grounds of the experimental agriculture center in the vicinity.
Early Hellenistic period, ca. 310 BCE
Burial of a man ca. 25-30 years old.
At Pantanello (see on Pleiades) in the chora of the city of Metapontion (Pleiades; in the territory of modern Bernalda).
Some 321 burials were excavated by the Institute of Classical Archaeology of the University of Texas at Austin between 1982 and 1986. The "life" of the Pantanello necropolis follows that of the Greek city, spanning from the early 6th to the 3rd c. BCE. Some of the stone sarcophaghi and cist tombs from the necropolis have been musealized on the grounds of the experimental agriculture center in the vicinity.
Classical period, ca. 365 BCE
Burial of a man ca. 40-50 years old.
At Pantanello (see on Pleiades) in the chora of the city of Metapontion (Pleiades; in the territory of modern Bernalda).
Some 321 burials were excavated by the Institute of Classical Archaeology of the University of Texas at Austin between 1982 and 1986. The "life" of the Pantanello necropolis follows that of the Greek city, spanning from the early 6th to the 3rd c. BCE. Some of the stone sarcophaghi and cist tombs from the necropolis have been musealized on the grounds of the experimental agriculture center in the vicinity.
Early Hellenistic period, ca. 300 BCE
Burial of a man ca. 70-80 years old.
At Pantanello (see on Pleiades) in the chora of the city of Metapontion (Pleiades; in the territory of modern Bernalda).
Some 321 burials were excavated by the Institute of Classical Archaeology of the University of Texas at Austin between 1982 and 1986. The "life" of the Pantanello necropolis follows that of the Greek city, spanning from the early 6th to the 3rd c. BCE. Some of the stone sarcophaghi and cist tombs from the necropolis have been musealized on the grounds of the experimental agriculture center in the vicinity.
Early Hellenistic period, ca. 315 BCE
Burial of a woman ca. 40-50 years old.
At Pantanello (see on Pleiades) in the chora of the city of Metapontion (Pleiades; in the territory of modern Bernalda).
Some 321 burials were excavated by the Institute of Classical Archaeology of the University of Texas at Austin between 1982 and 1986. The "life" of the Pantanello necropolis follows that of the Greek city, spanning from the early 6th to the 3rd c. BCE. Some of the stone sarcophaghi and cist tombs from the necropolis have been musealized on the grounds of the experimental agriculture center in the vicinity.