Ancient Near Eastern Collections in Lombardy Museums: a Survey
VIGNATI, Giulio
The phenomenon of archaeological collecting, which flourished in the Nineteenth and Twentieth centuries in Europe, has also produced a series of public and private collections in Italy, which today have largely merged into museum institutions. The paper presents the results of the census and preliminary study of the public collections of Ancient Near Eastern artifacts in the Lombardy region. This study is carried out in the context of the ArCOA Project (Archivi e Collezioni dell’Oriente Antico in Italia) coordinated by the State University of Milan and by the CNR Institute of Heritage Sciences. In particular the Mesopotamian collection kept at the "Paolo Giovio" Civic Archaeological Museum in Como, used as a pilot for the entire project, is here illustrated in detail.
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