Il Museo, located inside the federiciano castle of Melfi, presents the important archaeological documentation found in the Vulture-Melfese area. The funeral furnishings from the archaic age include refined Daunian ceramics with geometric decoration, bronze armor, precious ornaments in silver, gold, and amber, as well as bronze vessels of both Greek and Etruscan production. The classical section focuses on extraordinary finds from the 4th-3rd centuries BC, including red-figure Magna Graecian ceramics and monumental vases with polychrome decoration and applied figures, of Canosan production, discovered in Lavello (ancient Forentum). The Roman phase is documented by an exceptional 2nd-century AD marble sarcophagus with relief decoration, attributable to workshops of Asia Minor, featuring on the lid the “sleeping” deceased and on the side panels Roman gods and heroes framed in niches.
Information about Museo archeologico nazionale del melfese “Massimo Pallottino”
Via Normanni – Castello Federiciano,
85025 Melfi (Potenza)
0972238726
sba-bas.melfimuseo@beniculturali.it
https://www.archeobasilicata.beniculturali.it
Source: MIBACT
