Summary (English)
Three rock-cut tombs were excavated, two of the chamber type (nos. 2, 4) and one that was probably a single loculus (n. 3) aligned with tomb 1, which was also restored during this campaign.
Tomb 2 was a small sub-circular chamber, almost completely occupied by a U-shaped bench, divided into loculi and shelves in a way that was not completely clear due to the damage caused by grave robbers and water infiltration. It was entered via a dromos, at the end of which the lower part of the door was still in situ. A small number of finds were recovered: fragments of black gloss and plain ware vases, tiles and a stone cippus.
Tomb 3 was a sort of low “grotticella”, its vault largely collapsed, preceded by a short dromos. It was probably built to house a single deposition. The tomb had been robbed and only produced a few fragments of coarse pottery.
Tomb 4 was a chamber with an irregular rectangular plan, internal passage and U-shaped bench on the rear section of which was a vertical stone slab. A similar slab was present in an inclined position on the right-hand bench. The dromos was only damaged by the grave robbers’ activities in the area in front of the chamber. They had been prevented from going any further by the hardness of the concretionary fill within the chamber itself. The excavation of the dromos recovered numerous fragments of black gloss and plain ware pottery, a stone cippus, tile fragments and one fragment from a painted banded ware jar and a complete coarse ware lid. The tomb group was found almost entirely on the right-hand bench and consisted of about 15 black gloss vessels (_paterae_, plates, small stamped plates, in one case with graffiti, two oinochoai, a small jar), plain ware (small jar, balsamarium ), painted banded ware (small jar, small plate), Gnathian style painted ware (small multiple “salt cellar” type vessel). One of the small lids belonging to the latter was found on the left bench. A nail and fragments of bronze wire were the only metal finds.
- Stefano Giuntoli - LdM (Istituto d'Arte e Cultura "Lorenzo de' Medici") 
Director
Team
- Domenica Palmieri - CAMNES
Research Body
- Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici dell'Etruria meridionale
Funding Body
- Comune di Tuscania
- Istituto d’Arte e Cultura “Lorenzo de’Medici” Firenze
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