Un inedito frammento architettonico decorato tardo repubblicano da Gubbio. Ipotesi di attribuzione e nuovi spunti per la topografia della città
In: Archeologia Classica: 69, 2018
DOI: 10.1400/267472
In June 2017 in via Perugina, adjacent to an area which has been identified as the forum of the city of Gubbio, a fragment of architectural terracotta (decorated with sea monsters drifting on sea waves) was found in a secondary deposit. The terracotta can, in terms of both iconography and form, be considered unique. On the evidence of the subject and stylistic analysis, and taking into account the dynamics of the transmission of Etruscan models in the Umbrian area, it is possible to suggest a chronological framework for the terracotta between the end of the 3rd century BC and the first half of the 2nd century BC. Given its unique nature, it has so far proved impossible to determine the function of this piece, but it may well have belonged to a monumental complex of a certain importance, with a function involving water, linked for example to a room in a bath complex or a monumental fountain. The terracotta of via Perugina introduces a new and important element to discussion of the city of 2nd century BC Gubbio, the organization of which appears both powerful and complex, as well as extending far across the plain of the Camignano valley and, albeit with less evidence, in the area of the medieval city.