Il vasellame in bronzo nella necropoli di Valle Trebba di Spina (fine VI-III sec. a.C.)

Valle Trebba is the most northerly necropolis of the Etruscan port of Spina, built along a southern branch of the Po River and active between the end of the 6th and the 3rd century BC. Th is funerary area, excavated between 1922 and 1935, represents an ideal fi eld of investigation for the study of bronze vessels, thanks to the discovery of numerous specimens largely attributable to the practice of banqueting. In the past, these materials have been subjected to systematic analysis by E. Hostetter, who has provided a typological, stylistic and productive framework. However, the role played by this class in local ideology, remains to be investigated, especially in light of the renewed gaze that the systematic analysis, launched in 2007 by the Chair of Etruscology at the University of Bologna and now nearing completion, off ers on such contexts. Th erefore, the aim of the contribution will be to provide an overview of the presence of bronze vessels, enhancing the ritual forms behind the selection of these objects, the relationship with other elements of the funerary kit, the ritual, the position in the tomb space and the spatial distribution in a synchronic and diachronic perspective.