Musarna

Musarna

Shown within Lazio
Location	Comune di Viterbo, Italy
Region	Lazio
Coordinates	42°24′43.9848″N 11°58′35.673″E / 42.412218000°N 11.97657583°E
Type	Settlement
History
Cultures	Etruscan
Site notes
Excavation dates	1983-present
Archaeologists	Henri Broise; Vincent Jolivet
Condition	ruined
Public access	no

Musarna is an Etruscan settlement located approximately 10 km west of Viterbo, Italy.^[1] The site was discovered in 1849 and has been the site of excavations carried out by the École française de Rome since 1983.^[2]

During the Hellenistic period the settlement was surrounded by a fortification wall.^[3]

The third century BC stone sarcophagus of Larth Thvetlie, son of Arnth, is housed in the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.^[4][5]

Sources

• Andreau, J., H. Broise, V. Jolivet et al. ed. 2002–present. Musarna. [series]. Rome: École française de Rome.;
• de Cazanove, O., V. Jolivet. 1984. "Musarna (Viterbe). La cité étrusque" MEFRA 96:530-4.

References

1. Harris, W., DARMC, R. Talbert, S. Gillies, T. Elliott, J. Becker. "Places: 413217 (Musarna)". Pleiades. Retrieved December 29, 2014.
2. Broise, H. and V. Jolivet. 1997. "Musarna (Viterbe). Le site étrusco-romain." MEFRA 109:443-48.
3. Lorenzo Quilici (1 January 2001). Fortificazioni antiche in Italia: età repubblicana. L'ERMA di BRETSCHNEIDER. pp. 69–. ISBN 978-88-8265-158-9.
4. Jean MacIntosh Turfa (1 January 2011). Catalogue of the Etruscan Gallery of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 55–. ISBN 1-934536-25-3.
5. http://www.penn.museum/collections/object/63978 Sarcophagus MS3488A

Coordinates: 42°24′43.9848″N 11°58′35.673″E / 42.412218000°N 11.97657583°E