Common pottery of the Roman period and the instrumentum

This small room displays some Roman ceramics and objects, mainly “common pottery” vessels, not painted, and used to contain liquids: water and wine jars, among which two coming from Covignano in Rimini. 

This room also displays bronze, iron and lead commonly used objects, among which nails, locks, keys and a fistula aquaria (lead fragmentary water pipe) coming from Cuma.

Another case shows objects related to domestic life and body care, as well as ornaments. Besides the numerous ointment jars made of ceramic (the most ancient ones) or of glass (those of the Imperial Period), the collection includes some objects related to the female world: spindles, hair pins, bone and ivory make-up tools, bronze mirrors and few typical jewels (necklaces, fibula, bracelets and rings). Particularly interesting is the gold necklace which, according to the donor, was discovered in a Roman tomb in Nimes.