Paolo Orsi Regional Archaeological Museum
The Paolo Orsi Regional Archaeological Museum in Syracuse holds material from eastern Sicily. Finds from settlements, sanctuaries and cemeteries illuminate local cultures, Greek colonisation, the Hellenistic period and Roman rule. Pottery, coins and burial assemblages reveal the island’s commercial and cultural links with the central Mediterranean.
Collection and Historical Context
Sicilian material should not be read as only Greek or only Roman. Its strength lies in the mixture of local, Greek, Punic and Roman lines.
Display and Main Materials
Pottery, terracottas, coins, funerary finds, sculpture and material from Syracuse and nearby sites deserve attention. For reconstruction, series from cemeteries and sanctuaries are especially useful.
Museo archeologico regionale paolo orsi, kore in calcare da monte casale, 570-560 ac. Object from the collection: Paolo Orsi Regional Archaeological Museum.
Museo archeologico regionale paolo orsi, kouros, da megara hyblaea necropoli sud, metà VI sec. ac. 02. Object from the collection: Paolo Orsi Regional Archaeological Museum.
Museo archeologico regionale paolo orsi, testa di guerriero da stele funebre in marmo pario, da kamarina, 460-450 ac. Object from the collection: Paolo Orsi Regional Archaeological Museum.Related Topics
- Museums of Antiquity
- MArTA: National Archaeological Museum of Taranto
- Bardo National Museum
- National Archaeological Museum of Naples
- Archaeology and museums
Official Pages and Catalogues
Museo archeologico regionale paolo orsi, torso di kouros da grammichele, inizi V secolo a.c. Object from the collection: Paolo Orsi Regional Archaeological Museum.
Museo archeologico regionale paolo orsi, torso di kouros da lentini, fine VI-inizio V sec. ac. Object from the collection: Paolo Orsi Regional Archaeological Museum.
Museo archeologico regionale paolo orsi, figurette votive. Object from the collection: Paolo Orsi Regional Archaeological Museum.
Museo Orsi Gorgone 1476. Object from the collection: Paolo Orsi Regional Archaeological Museum.
Pottery, bull protome, Sicily, 1050-850 BC, AM Syracuse, 121375. Object from the collection: Paolo Orsi Regional Archaeological Museum.
Red figure lekythos, nude woman, AM Syracuse, 10H760. Object from the collection: Paolo Orsi Regional Archaeological Museum.
Asclepius, marble statue, Roman Age, Sicily, AM, Syracuse, 121489. Object from the collection: Paolo Orsi Regional Archaeological Museum.
Black figure pottery, Dionysos, satyr with lyre, maenads, 520 BC, AM Syracuse, 121516. Object from the collection: Paolo Orsi Regional Archaeological Museum.
Kouros Paolo Orsi. Object from the collection: Paolo Orsi Regional Archaeological Museum.
Gorgo, terracotta plaque, metope, Syracuse, 620-600 BC, AM Syracuse, 121412. Object from the collection: Paolo Orsi Regional Archaeological Museum.
Plato head marble, AM of Syracuse 742 121477. Object from the collection: Paolo Orsi Regional Archaeological Museum.
Votive statuettes of Demeter and Kore. Paolo Orsi Museum, Syracuse.Interested in Ancient Rome beyond reading? Join Legio X Fretensis or explore our reenactment directions.
