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tury C.E., Ahumada Silva 2000, 202, n.3) instudia universitatis her editati, letnik 9 (2021), številk a 1 / volume 9 (2021), number 1 78as the question relating to the attribution of axe
Cividale del Friuli, Monselice (tombs 748 and heads 666 and 667 to the Etruscan era, overall
749; De Marchi and Possenti 1998, 202-203, tavv.hereditati E. Galli recognized some material aspects recur-
I7n e IV/a), tomb 3 of via Monte Suello in Verona rent among the axe heads, while limited itself to
(length 20 cm approx.; width 2,8 cm; early 7th an unspecified dating, as regards the tip of spear
century C.E.; Modonesi and La Rocca 1989, 69, head (number 650).
tav. V, 2), Sirmione (hypothetical length approx.
28,5 cm; width 3,4 cm; find without context; Se- Unfortunately, the fact that at least one axe
sino 1989, 73, 5.b, tav. IX), Testona (6 specimens (number 670) and the aforementioned spear-
partly fragmentary, however with a length that head (number 650) are not surely from Fiesole
can be reconstructed between 26 and 29,2 cm; does not help to improve the reconstruction of
width 3,3-3,6 cm; decontextualized; von Hes- the context of the Area Garibaldi but, at the
sen 1971a, 18, 63, nn. 92, 93, 95-98, tav. 10), in same time, they nevertheless offer the possibility
the tombs 6, 51, 76, 84, 86, 119, 122, 137, 145 of of describing a further part of the medieval her-
Nocera Umbra (length 22,6-25,5 cm; length sax t. itage of Fiesole and of updating the actual state
119 2,9 cm; 570-630 C.E.; Rupp 2005, 11, 69, 96, and origin of local museum’s collections. From
105, 108-109, 139, 142, 155, 163, tavv. 15,10; 69,8; an archaeological point of view, in Italy the axes
92,20; 100,17; 103,5; 130,5; 133,11; 145,6; 152,9), in (of all specimens) do not represent a particularly
the tombs 90 (length 19 cm; width 2,5 cm; be- frequent find in tombs: consequently, having the
ginning of the 7th century C.E.), 111 (length 23,5 described four bearded axes, together with the
cm; width 2,3 cm; first quarter of the 7th cen- one already known and discovered in 1988 in the
tury C.E.), 170 (length cm 28,2; width 3,2 cm; Area Garibaldi, is a relevant fact.
end of the 6th century C.E.), 176 (length 28 cm;
width 3,4 cm) and 180 (length 26 cm) of Cas- About the social value related to weapons,
tel Trosino (Paroli and Ricci 2007) and in the even if we do not know nothing about the orig-
tomb inside the oratory of SS. Nazaro and Cel- inal positions of the objects within any possible
so (length 29,1 cm; width 4 cm; first decades of burials, they represent elements of medium and
the 7th century C.E.) at Garbagnate Monaste- high level within the Lombard material pano-
ro (Sannazaro 1994, 300-301, n. 2, fig. 190,1). In rama. About these aspects, the analyzed spear-
conclusion, as already seen for the axe heads and heads could have been important material and
spear heads, also for the scramasax number 657 symbolic objects also among the Lombards’
there is a chronological confirmation of what is community of Fiesole and they could be also ac-
known for the Area Garibaldi, since the object companied by eventual complete outfits. An ex-
can be dated between the end of 6th and the be- ample of this hypothetical statement is given by
ginning of the 7th century C.E. the case of tomb XI of the Area Garibaldi, dat-
able to the first quarter of the 7th century C.E.
Conclusion (Biondi 2019c, 322). Studied and published by
An essential part of the work presented here was the writer, tomb XI belonged to a young war-
the preliminary research carried out on the in- rior with a complete set of weapons and objects
ventory of the Archeological Museum of Fie- composed by spatha, spear, shield, belt elements
sole by E. Galli in 1910. As already mentioned, (without decorations) and a bone comb. Howev-
the scholar made a list of all the objects present er, the dispersion of the original contexts does
in the museum collections long after the first ac- not allow further evaluations for the two speci-
quisitions and after at least 20 years with respect mens here analyzed. Finally, the type of the con-
to the finds analyzed. Despite some aspects re- sidered scramasax, is a rather frequent weapon in
vised from an interpretative point of view, such Lombard depositions of the 6th-early 7th centu-
ry C.E. Also in this case, as for the spear heads,
it was probably an integral part of a burial set
Cividale del Friuli, Monselice (tombs 748 and heads 666 and 667 to the Etruscan era, overall
749; De Marchi and Possenti 1998, 202-203, tavv.hereditati E. Galli recognized some material aspects recur-
I7n e IV/a), tomb 3 of via Monte Suello in Verona rent among the axe heads, while limited itself to
(length 20 cm approx.; width 2,8 cm; early 7th an unspecified dating, as regards the tip of spear
century C.E.; Modonesi and La Rocca 1989, 69, head (number 650).
tav. V, 2), Sirmione (hypothetical length approx.
28,5 cm; width 3,4 cm; find without context; Se- Unfortunately, the fact that at least one axe
sino 1989, 73, 5.b, tav. IX), Testona (6 specimens (number 670) and the aforementioned spear-
partly fragmentary, however with a length that head (number 650) are not surely from Fiesole
can be reconstructed between 26 and 29,2 cm; does not help to improve the reconstruction of
width 3,3-3,6 cm; decontextualized; von Hes- the context of the Area Garibaldi but, at the
sen 1971a, 18, 63, nn. 92, 93, 95-98, tav. 10), in same time, they nevertheless offer the possibility
the tombs 6, 51, 76, 84, 86, 119, 122, 137, 145 of of describing a further part of the medieval her-
Nocera Umbra (length 22,6-25,5 cm; length sax t. itage of Fiesole and of updating the actual state
119 2,9 cm; 570-630 C.E.; Rupp 2005, 11, 69, 96, and origin of local museum’s collections. From
105, 108-109, 139, 142, 155, 163, tavv. 15,10; 69,8; an archaeological point of view, in Italy the axes
92,20; 100,17; 103,5; 130,5; 133,11; 145,6; 152,9), in (of all specimens) do not represent a particularly
the tombs 90 (length 19 cm; width 2,5 cm; be- frequent find in tombs: consequently, having the
ginning of the 7th century C.E.), 111 (length 23,5 described four bearded axes, together with the
cm; width 2,3 cm; first quarter of the 7th cen- one already known and discovered in 1988 in the
tury C.E.), 170 (length cm 28,2; width 3,2 cm; Area Garibaldi, is a relevant fact.
end of the 6th century C.E.), 176 (length 28 cm;
width 3,4 cm) and 180 (length 26 cm) of Cas- About the social value related to weapons,
tel Trosino (Paroli and Ricci 2007) and in the even if we do not know nothing about the orig-
tomb inside the oratory of SS. Nazaro and Cel- inal positions of the objects within any possible
so (length 29,1 cm; width 4 cm; first decades of burials, they represent elements of medium and
the 7th century C.E.) at Garbagnate Monaste- high level within the Lombard material pano-
ro (Sannazaro 1994, 300-301, n. 2, fig. 190,1). In rama. About these aspects, the analyzed spear-
conclusion, as already seen for the axe heads and heads could have been important material and
spear heads, also for the scramasax number 657 symbolic objects also among the Lombards’
there is a chronological confirmation of what is community of Fiesole and they could be also ac-
known for the Area Garibaldi, since the object companied by eventual complete outfits. An ex-
can be dated between the end of 6th and the be- ample of this hypothetical statement is given by
ginning of the 7th century C.E. the case of tomb XI of the Area Garibaldi, dat-
able to the first quarter of the 7th century C.E.
Conclusion (Biondi 2019c, 322). Studied and published by
An essential part of the work presented here was the writer, tomb XI belonged to a young war-
the preliminary research carried out on the in- rior with a complete set of weapons and objects
ventory of the Archeological Museum of Fie- composed by spatha, spear, shield, belt elements
sole by E. Galli in 1910. As already mentioned, (without decorations) and a bone comb. Howev-
the scholar made a list of all the objects present er, the dispersion of the original contexts does
in the museum collections long after the first ac- not allow further evaluations for the two speci-
quisitions and after at least 20 years with respect mens here analyzed. Finally, the type of the con-
to the finds analyzed. Despite some aspects re- sidered scramasax, is a rather frequent weapon in
vised from an interpretative point of view, such Lombard depositions of the 6th-early 7th centu-
ry C.E. Also in this case, as for the spear heads,
it was probably an integral part of a burial set
