Uno scudo così grande e forte: considerazioni su una lamina dal santuario del dio Altino-

We propose a new reading of a bronze sheet depicting two warriors marching to the left, armed with helm, spears and large oval shield. The sheet belongs to the offerings found in the sanctuary of Altino (Venice) – loc. Fornace, devoted to the god Altino –. From the 6th century BC to the Roman age, it was a meeting point between Venetics, Greeks and Etruscans who landed here from the Adriatic sea routes, and Celts from the important communication routes with the Venetic and transalpine hinterland. Among the numerous sheets depicting warriors with helm, spears and round hoplitic shield, this sheet differs in the rarity of the oval shield belonging to a clear Celtic type, datable to the fifth century BC. The sheet is thus one of the oldest attestations of the Celtic armament in Veneto.

La foggia de l’antiquità

The most important age of Venetian glass began just before the middle of the 15th century, when Angelo Barovier invented crystal glass in his Murano glassworks. Some vessels of the late 15th and early 16th century were enamel decorated with patterns derived from Roman marble reliefs and fresco paintings. Starting from the mid-15th century, glassblowers developed new decorative techniques. Some of them were probably inspired by archaelogical glass findings, which were included in Venetian collections. Such techniques were ‘meza stampaura’ ribbing, glass filigree, application of stamped glass medallions and, perhaps, ‘rosetta’ rods.

Osservazioni su alcuni reperti vitrei della necropoli di via Spinè a Oderzo

The paper analyzes glassy finds from the necropoleis of Oderzo, ancient Opitergium, datable between the 1st and 5th centuries AD. Aspects of burial typology, funerary rituals and social hierarchies are considered in relationship with specific glassy finds.

Tomba celtica della fase di romanizzazione dalla località Casona di Nogara (Verona)

Celtic grave from the Romanization phase at Casona di Nogara (Verona). The grave, partially damaged by agricultural works, represents an important funerary documentation in the Verona plain and can be thought to belong to the Cenomani culture. The funeral rite is cremation. Among the gravegoods, there remain the weapons, personal tools and elements from the funeral banquet and symposium. The grave is to be dated to the end of the second century BC and the beginning of the first century BC (LT D1).

«l’ospizio di quiescenza delle povere pietre...»

The discovery in the Torcello Museum Archiv of an old catalogue copy written by the first director Nicolò Battaglini between 1879 and 1887 puts an end to the endless discussions on the provenance of many archaeological items of the Museum. Now we know for certain that a large number of the greek pottery and the small etruscan bronzes of the Museum were found in the islands of the venetian lagoon and in the land near the old city of Altino.

Un paesaggio con imbarcazioni nel santuario repubblicano di Brescia

The article takes up a fresco, published in 2002 by Elena Mariani, depicting a seascape with two ships, parts of rocks and of a lighthouse. The painting comes from the western hall of the Republican sanctuary of Brescia and in particular from the sector near the northern wall of the environment, near the newsstand (aedicule). It is proposed a dating of the finding within the first half of the I century BC and its relationship with the decorative project in the ‘second style’ of the sanctuary; it is also proposed a possible placement in the upper part of the back wall of the aedicule and a possible commemorative function of the enterprises of a person involved in the activities of realization of the temple.

‘Corredi emergenti’ e ‘ossicini pertinenti’

The article aims at providing food for thought on the profession of the museologist, a profession still unacknowledged and not an option in the Italian museums despite long-standing debates at the internazional level on the practice of ‘making a museum’. The author, an archaeologist expert on museum communication, describes her intervention in the new Archaeological Museum of Altino, opened to the public on December 2014. Though entering in an advanced phase of the work with a museum and exhibition project already underway and partly binding, she devised a ‘telescope lens’ that guides the visitors in getting their bearings in space and time and lead them with a ‘red thread’ from the title panels to the captions of the objects displayed. Great care has been taken to make texts easily understandable, with different levels of reading and analysis.

Verona Athesi circumflua

Verona in the Roman age had an important economic role, thanks to its central geographical position, the presence of some of the most important Cisalpine roads and the river Adige which was then largely navigable. The road network was integrated with the fluvial transport on the Adige along with the Adigetto canal and probably the Acqua Morta branch of the river. Archaeological research has revealed structures that can be interpreted as docks and warehouses, indicating the possible location of some of the main harbour ports along the river.

Nuovi dati sulla documentazione numismatica di età tardoromana ad Altino

Recent coin finds in ancient Altino allow us to reconsider the representativeness of previous, already published coin finds from the same city. The comparison between old and new samples of Late Roman coins (294 to 498 AD) from Altino shows that there are only relatively slight differences, if you consider all the coins as a whole. On the contrary, if you take specific sub-samples (defined by chronology, origin or typology) into account, it emerges that there are some considerable discrepancies, and it is therefore evident that the these sub-samples are far less representative.