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Explore our most popular masterpieces<\/em><\/h2>\n

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE COLLECTION<\/h1>\n

This page presents a selection of symbols\u00a0<\/em>that are most representative of the Museum, our must sees. Open the icons below to see the images of our most popular masterpieces, useful to understand the MAEC Museum and the variety of objects kept at the Museum.<\/p>\n

\"Tabula<\/a><\/p>\n

3rd \u2013 <\/sup>2nd<\/sup> century BC<\/em><\/h2>\n

Tabula Cortonensis<\/h1>\n

The Tabula cortonensis<\/em> is the third longest Etruscan text, is thought to be a notarial act concerning the sale of land owned by oil merchant petru sceva\u015b<\/em> and his wife arntlei <\/em>to members of the cusu<\/em> family. It was found in 1992 and the history of its discovery remains unclear.<\/p>\n

The seven bronze fragments formed a rectangular tablet (11,2 x 18 inches) bearing an inscription made with a very sharp chisel; the alphabet is the one used in the Cortona area between the end of the 3rd and the 2nd century BC.<\/p>\n

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\"Il<\/a><\/p>\n

Half 4th<\/sup> century BC<\/em><\/h2>\n

The Etruscan Chandelier<\/h1>\n

Was found in 1840 in the countryside surrounding Cortona, in Fratta <\/em>and it immediately became part of the academic collection and is one of the must see and and most significant objects in the Museum.<\/p>\n

The chandelier was intended for a sacred edifice and was manufactured in a workshop of central-northern Etruria, probably near Orvieto, around the half of the 4th<\/sup> century BC.<\/p>\n