This room contains the objects described below, which come from the region around Perugia, as well as a large collection of grave goods from the Necropoles of Perugia.

Iron Age sword (ca. 8th century BC)

This magnificent weapon was found in 1926 at Fontivegge (near the railway station of Perugia).

Stele from Monte Gualandro (ca. 600 BC)

This stele is related to another (late 7th century) from the Etruscan city of Vetulonia that is now in the Museo Archeologico Isidoro Falchi.  This second stele depicts a single warrior , similarly naked behind a circular shield but armed with a double-headed axe and wearing a Greek helmet.  It contains one of the earliest surviving Etruscan funerary inscriptions, which identifies the deceased as Avele Feluske, son of Tusnute and [...]panalas.  It also identifies the donor as "hirumina phersnalas", which might mean Hirumina of Perugia. 

These stele are also discussed in the page on Early Etruscan Inscriptions.

Grave goods from Pila (3rd century BC)

The grave goods exhibited here were found in 1929 at Pila, south of Perugia.  Unfortunately, the context in which the finds were made has been lost.  The objects include a huge bronze shield, a pair of gold earrings and a set of tubular gold beads (which were subsequently threaded to form a three-stranded necklace).

The inscription along the hem of the toga is in Etruscan despite the very Roman character of the figure.  It has been transcribed as:

aulesi metelis ve vesial clensi

cen fleres tece sansl tenine tuthines chisvlics

This (probably) translates as: “To (or from) Aule Meteli, son of Vel and Vesi: this statue was erected as a votive offering to Tec Sans by deliberation of the people”.  The figure certainly does not represent Tec Sans, a local deity dedicated to the protection of children: it probably portrays Aule Meteli himself.  The inscription is put into context in the page on Etruscan Inscriptions  after 295BC.

Antefix of Silenus (4th century BC)

Finds from Viale Indipendenza (ca. 100 BC)

These exhibits, a tile with the relief of a marine monster and an antefix of a maenad, suggest the presence of a temple in Viale Indipendenza (ex Viale Carlo Alberto).

Statue of a God (ca. 100 BC)