The zone of via Gorani is of particular interest from an archaeological point of view as it is situated immediately SE of the standing remains preserved in the adjacent via Brisa. It also falls within a larger area, which more or less extends between Porta Vercellina and the Carrobbio, where numerous finds have been made which can be attributed to the complex known as the Imperial Palace. In view of the redevelopment planned for the area, currently used as a car park, a rescue investigation was commissioned in order to evaluate the nature of the archaeological deposit. The excavation revealed the existence of a first settlement dating to the 1st century A.D. obliterated by the structures that were probably part of the Imperial residence and thus datable to between the 3rd-4th century A.D. That this structure was occupied for a long period is attested by the increase in height of the floor levels. This data confirms the written tradition, according to which several rooms of the palace complex remained in use in the Lombard period and in some cases until the 10th century, even though their functions were presumably different. The final phase is attested by a sewer system and a cellar belonging to a 19th century building that was bombed during the II World War. In the fill of a large hole a bone plaque was found. Measuring 8.2 x 3.1 cm it was decorated in relief with the image of a naked winged genius on a background of foliage. Such an iconographic theme finds comparisons in a particular production of bone plaques attested between the last decades of the 14th century and the first decades of the 15th century linked to the “Bottega degli Embriachi” (Workshop of the Drunkards). In particular figures of naked winged genies arranged horizontally on a background of rose leaves were reproduced on the bone plaques that decorated the lids of so-called wedding caskets. However, such figures were also present on another object typically produced by these workshops, that is octagonal mirror frames, made up of a series of single bone plaques. The plaque from via Gorani is compatible with the latter for the vertical position of the figure and the oblique cut of its edges, characteristic of the plaques used for assembling frames.