Il Museo presents some of the most significant finds related to the two Greek cities of Siris and Herakleia and the indigenous centers of the hinterland. Votive statuettes and funerary equipment from the 7th-6th centuries BC with local production figurative ceramics, among the oldest made in Magna Graecia, can be attributed to the Siris city phase.
Among the most significant finds related to Herakleia, molds for statuettes found in the artisan quarter, votive objects found in the sanctuaries, and above all important funerary equipment from the 4th-3rd centuries BC characterized by splendid red-figure ceramics and refined filigree gold jewelry are presented. In some cases, these are jewels produced by local workshops, as evidenced by the exceptional find, in Herakleia itself, of a goldsmith’s tomb.
The museum also exhibits some of the most important finds made in the Enotri (9th-5th centuries BC) and Lucani (4th century BC) centers of the hinterland. These are funerary equipment of extraordinary importance characterized, in the 7th-5th centuries BC phase, by bronze armor, silver, gold and amber jewels, indigenous vases with geometric decoration, Greek figurative ceramics and Etruscan bucchero vases.
Information about the National Museum of Siritide
Via Colombo, 8
75025 Policoro (Matera)
0835972154
sba-bas.policoromuseo@beniculturali.it
https://www.archeobasilicata.beniculturali.it
Source: MIBACT
