The National Archaeological Museum of Ferrara is housed in Palazzo Costabili, in
Ferrara, Italy. It holds various excavated artifacts from the
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Ancient civilization
*The Etruscan language, an extinct language in ancient Italy
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city of
Spina
Spina was an Etruscan port city, established by the end of the 6th century BCE, on the Adriatic at the ancient mouth of the Po.
Discovery
The site of Spina was lost until modern times, when drainage schemes in the delta of the Po River in 192 ...
, which flourished between the 6th and 3rd centuries BC.
[Cozzolino and Desantis, pp 1-5]
The ancient city of Spina, close to modern
Comacchio Comacchio (; egl, label= Comacchiese, Cmâc' ) is a town and ''comune'' of Emilia Romagna, Italy, in the province of Ferrara, from the provincial capital Ferrara. It was founded about two thousand years ago; across its history it was first gover ...
was abandoned in the 2nd century BC, but was discovered by chance in 1922 and was excavated.
[Michael Grant "The Rise of the Greeks" Scribner 1978 ISBN 9780684185361 pp. 172–173]
The exhibition is organized into two parts. The ground floor holds items related to the city of Spina and the daily activities there. A special section is dedicated to religious life of the city, manifested by
epigraphic evidence. The ground floor also holds two
monohull
right
A monohull is a type of boat having only one hull, unlike multihulled boats which can have two or more individual hulls connected to one another.
Fundamental concept
Among the earliest hulls were simple logs, but these were generally unst ...
boats (commonly referred to as
pirogue
A pirogue ( or ), also called a piragua or piraga, is any of various small boats, particularly dugouts and native canoes. The word is French and is derived from Spanish , which comes from the Carib '. Description
The term 'pirogue' does n ...
s) recovered in 1948 in the Isola Valley. The boats date back to the late Roman period (III-IV century BC).
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On the upper floor, items found in the city necropolis are exhibited along with a chronological criteria. These include krater
A krater or crater ( grc-gre, , ''kratēr'', literally "mixing vessel") was a large two-handled shape of vase in Ancient Greek pottery and metalwork, mostly used for the mixing of wine with water.
Form and function
At a Greek symposium, krat ...
s, amphorae etc. produced by Athenian artists of the 5th and 4th centuries BC. The paintings represent mythological scenes and everyday life, and indicate the spread of Greek art in the Etruscan sphere. Other ceramics, mainly from the 4th and 3rd centuries BC, come from Magna Graecia and Sicily. In addition, jewels in gold, silver, amber and semiprecious stones, made by ancient the artisans of the Po and Central Italian Etruria are displayed.
Some excavated items
File:MuseoArcheologico ferrara.jpg, A Krater
A krater or crater ( grc-gre, , ''kratēr'', literally "mixing vessel") was a large two-handled shape of vase in Ancient Greek pottery and metalwork, mostly used for the mixing of wine with water.
Form and function
At a Greek symposium, krat ...
File:MuseoArcheologicoFerrara kylix.jpg, A Kylix
File:Museo di Spina sala 3, Ferrara - Pittore di Pentesilea - Zeus e Ganimede.jpg, A Kylix
File:Arte etrusca, ambra del baltico lavorata in vaghi localmente, 410-300 ac. ca. 02.JPG , A necklace
References
* G. Cozzolino, P. Desantis "The National Archeological Museum of Ferrara: the Museum of the Ancient City of Spina" SAGEP, 2021, ISBN 9788863737875
Sources
External links
Virtual tour of the National Archaeological Museum of Ferrara
provided by Google Arts & Culture
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National museums of Italy
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