The Etruscan cremation tomb discovered at Pescia Romana di Montalto di Castro in loc. “La Memoria” is highly interesting, not only because it documents for the first time a site completely unknown in the bibliography, but also because the monument is extremely unusual. It is in fact a tomb of the Vulci type, with a dromos, atrium, and three small rooms. In spite of its minute proportions, it had very rich furnishings. Another extremely peculiar aspect is that cremated remains were conserved inside a magnificent Attic black-figure amphora on white ground, attributable, if not to the Antimenes Painter, at least to his circle. The piece is the basis for the dating of the funerary complex to between 520 – 510 BC.
The other important tomb furnishings include an Attic lekythos in black glaze and a fragment of lydion from Lydia with marbleized decoration. Also important is the presence of a kyathos of bucchero with traces of a very rare decoration overpainted with vegetal elements.
(Maria Gabriella Scapaticci)