{"id":6519,"date":"2025-11-04T12:21:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T11:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parcoarcheologico.cortonamaec.org\/senza-categoria\/tomb-2-the-intact-burial-of-the-gens-velara\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T11:11:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T10:11:17","slug":"tomb-2-the-intact-burial-of-the-gens-velara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cortonamaec.org\/en\/maec-archaeological-area-of-sodo\/tomb-2-the-intact-burial-of-the-gens-velara\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomb 2 \u2013 The Intact Burial of the Gens Velara"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-right:0px;--awb-padding-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_3_4 3_4 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:75%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.56%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.56%;--awb-width-medium:75%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:2.56%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:2.56%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"--awb-font-size:20px;--awb-line-height:1.4;--awb-letter-spacing:var(--awb-typography3-letter-spacing);--awb-text-transform:var(--awb-typography3-text-transform);--awb-text-font-family:var(--awb-typography3-font-family);--awb-text-font-weight:var(--awb-typography3-font-weight);--awb-text-font-style:var(--awb-typography3-font-style);\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tumulus II of the Sodo<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p>Around 480 BC, on the rear side of the mound, a second tomb was built, probably belonging to the Velara gens, whose name also appears in the famous<a href=\"https:\/\/cortonamaec.org\/en\/museum-masterpieces\/tabula-cortonensis\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tabula Cortonensis<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More modest in structure but exceptionally well preserved, Tomb 2 was discovered only in the 1990s. Inside, intact grave goods were found: splendid female gold jewellery, a writing stylus, and bronze remains of a folding stool, perhaps a symbol of the political authority of the family. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Originally, the tumulus must have appeared taller and conical, without trees, perhaps surmounted by temple buildings intended for the private cult of the ancestors, of which fragments of roof tiles and terracotta decorations have been found and are now reconstructed in the Museum.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All the original artefacts from the two tombs, together with the sculptural groups and the palmettes of the altar, are now displayed on level -2, in <a href=\"https:\/\/cortonamaec.org\/en\/discover-the-museum\/\">Room 4 of the MAEC <\/a>\u2013 Museo dell\u2019Accademia Etrusca e della Citt\u00e0 di Cortona, while faithful copies can be seen outdoors.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"awb-gallery-wrapper 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\/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div style=\"padding:5px;\" class=\"fusion-grid-column fusion-gallery-column fusion-gallery-column-3 hover-type-none\"><div class=\"fusion-gallery-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cortonamaec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Progetto-senza-titolo-1.jpg\" rel=\"noreferrer\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery_image_1]\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cortonamaec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Progetto-senza-titolo-1-460x295.jpg\" width=\"460\" height=\"295\" alt=\"MAEC Area archeologica del Sodo tomba 2\" title=\"Progetto senza titolo (1)\" aria-label=\"Progetto senza titolo (1)\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-2467 fusion-gallery-image-size-fixed\"  \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div style=\"padding:5px;\" class=\"fusion-grid-column fusion-gallery-column fusion-gallery-column-3 hover-type-none\"><div class=\"fusion-gallery-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cortonamaec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/33.webp\" rel=\"noreferrer\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery_image_1]\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cortonamaec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/33-460x295.webp\" width=\"460\" height=\"295\" alt=\"MAEC Area archeologica del Sodo tomba 2 vista dall&#039;alto\" title=\"33\" aria-label=\"33\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-2465 fusion-gallery-image-size-fixed\"  \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><div style=\"padding:5px;\" class=\"fusion-grid-column fusion-gallery-column fusion-gallery-column-3 hover-type-none\"><div class=\"fusion-gallery-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cortonamaec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/deposizione-scaled-e1762255759788.webp\" rel=\"noreferrer\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery_image_1]\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cortonamaec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/deposizione-460x295.webp\" width=\"460\" height=\"295\" alt=\"MAEC Area archeologica del Sodo illustrazione della deposizione\" title=\"deposizione\" aria-label=\"deposizione\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-2461 fusion-gallery-image-size-fixed\"  \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div style=\"padding:5px;\" class=\"fusion-grid-column fusion-gallery-column fusion-gallery-column-3 hover-type-none\"><div class=\"fusion-gallery-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cortonamaec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Tomba-2-rep-9-2-scaled.jpg\" rel=\"noreferrer\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery_image_1]\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cortonamaec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Tomba-2-rep-9-2-460x295.jpg\" width=\"460\" height=\"295\" alt=\"MAEC Area archeologica del Sodo tomba 2 scavi\" title=\"Tomba 2 rep 9 (2)\" aria-label=\"Tomba 2 rep 9 (2)\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-2473 fusion-gallery-image-size-fixed\"  \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div style=\"padding:5px;\" class=\"fusion-grid-column fusion-gallery-column fusion-gallery-column-3 hover-type-none\"><div class=\"fusion-gallery-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cortonamaec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/tomba2scavi-1.webp\" rel=\"noreferrer\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery_image_1]\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cortonamaec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/tomba2scavi-1-460x295.webp\" width=\"460\" height=\"295\" alt=\"MAEC Area archeologica del Sodo tomba 2 scavi\" title=\"tomba2scavi (1)\" aria-label=\"tomba2scavi (1)\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-2471 fusion-gallery-image-size-fixed\"  \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While the first tomb, excavated in the early twentieth century, yielded extremely important but fragmentary evidence of Attic (Greek) black-figure pottery, ivory and gold jewellery\u2014because its roof had collapsed in antiquity and the tomb was therefore accessible\u2014the second tomb, structurally more modest, was discovered only in the 1990s and returned intact grave goods, among which stand out female gold jewellery and a writing stylus with bronze fittings from a folding stool (the equivalent of the Roman sella curulis), perhaps alluding to the political office of the male members of the family.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Originally, the monument must have appeared taller and, at the top, conical in shape, without trees. The presence of temple buildings for the private cult of the ancestors of the buried families cannot be excluded; sporadic fragments of roof tiles and architectural terracotta decorations (acroteria and antefixes) have been found and reconstructed inside the MAEC.  <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 awb-sticky awb-sticky-medium awb-sticky-large fusion_builder_column_1_4 1_4 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:25%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:7.68%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:7.68%;--awb-width-medium:25%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:7.68%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:7.68%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:2;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;--awb-sticky-offset:145px;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-margin-top-small:10px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:20px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:20;--minFontSize:20;line-height:var(--awb-typography1-line-height);\"><strong>Cultural Itineraries<\/strong><\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><p>The Archaeological Area of the Sodo is included in one of the MAEC Cultural Itineraries available on izi.TRAVEL.<\/p>\n<\/div><div ><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-custom fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-span-yes \" style=\"--button_accent_color:var(--awb-color8);--button_accent_hover_color:var(--awb-color1);--button_border_hover_color:var(--awb-color1);--button_gradient_top_color:var(--awb-color4);--button_gradient_bottom_color:var(--awb-color4);--button_gradient_top_color_hover:hsla(var(--awb-color4-h),calc(var(--awb-color4-s) - 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