Levels I and II

In 1930 in Siena a sculptural head was found, initially mistaken for Seneca. Several theories suggest that it represents Greek poets, such as Hesiod, and dates back to the 1st century A.D.

The urn, belonging to the family tomb of the Sentinate Cumere, shows the deceased semi-reclining on the kline. On the casket is depicted the recognition between the two siblings, children of Agamemnon, Iphigenia and Orestes in Tauris.

The urn, belonging to the tomb of the Sentinate Cumere, bears on its casket a recumbent male; on the casket a scene is depicted that has been variously interpreted: the traditional reading of the two warriors supported by companions as a depiction of the dying Eteocles and Polynices has been called into question by the presence of the lightning bolt.

The amphora, of reddish-brown coloration ('bucchero rosso'), comes from a tomb discovered in the locality of Querce al Pino in Chiusi. The body of the vessel is decorated with a stamped band with sphinxes leaning to the left; on the shoulder there are ridges with hanging droplet motifs. On the rim, opposite the handles, are modeled female heads. The tomb's grave goods also included another similar amphora and two hydriae.

Axe found near Porta Pispini in Siena, dating to the Final Bronze Age, a period that also produced the oldest traces of human presence in the city. The blade is characterized by very concave edges; it is the only one remaining from a hoard that originally contained seven axes in total.

Etruscan “horseshoe” stele in travertine, inscribed, dating to the late Archaic period, found in the locality of Toiano in Sovicille (SI). The stele is characterized by unmistakable Volterran features and was originally worked on both sides, now partially worn away by the elements. The discovery context is a hypogeal tomb with a central chamber and three chambers open on the sides, inside which, in addition to the stele, other grave goods were preserved.

The kylix was found together with other materials inside a small funerary cluster near Porta S. Marco (Siena, SI), in tombs probably dating to the late-Orientalizing, Archaic, and Hellenistic periods. Dated to the 4th century B.C., it is characterized by a cylindrical support and a trombiform foot, while the handle attachment is of the rod type. The red overpainted decoration is devoted to a scene placed in the inner tondo, rendered with a braided border, in which a long-bearded satyr attempts to snatch a maenad; alongside them are a calyx krater and a thyrsus. The handles are externally decorated with a palmette vegetal motif.

Assemblage of black-gloss pottery of the Volterrano type, found in the small necropolis of Campansi (northern Siena) dated to the 3rd–2nd centuries BCE. Composed largely of oinochoai (small jugs), plates, oil lamps, bowls and cups. Among the oinochoai present are some types with a ribbed body and handle, with an attachment in the form of a female protome.

Alabaster urn from Sarteano, dated 225–200 B.C. The body is carved in low relief with the myth of Cacus and the Vibenna, at the moment when the two Vibenna brothers strike an attack against the protagonist, shown, according to tradition, in the act of playing a lyre and accompanied by Artile. The figure of Cacus is not well known; he was probably a seer, but sources are rare due to the absence of a literary testimonies of the myth.

Alabaster urn from the tomb of the Sentinate Cumere in Sarteano, dated 220-200 B.C. On the casket is depicted the killing of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus by her son Orestes, aided by his friend Pylades. In the Greek myth, which enjoyed wide popularity in Etruscan iconography, Orestes avenges his father's death by matricide, an act ordered by Clytemnestra herself. Orestes and Pylades advance, seizing the victims' hair with their left hands while brandishing the sword with their right. This iconographic scheme is repeated on many urns.

An alabaster urn from Sarteano, dated 200–175 B.C. Shown in low relief on the body is the death of the young Hippolytus: this episode of the Greek myth was of great interest in Chiusi, where urns with this subject began to be produced in the 3rd century B.C. The viewer's attention is directed toward the traumatic nature of the sudden event. In all depictions the rearing and overturned chariot is shown, while the horses that pulled it flee in all directions, frightened by the arrival of the bull.

Three pairs of navicella, sanguisuga and arch-type fibulae decorated with little ducks were found in pit graves (dated late 8th–early 7th century B.C.) in the locality of Rosia in Sovicille (SI) and attest to a settlement in the area, probably made up of small villages from the late Iron Age.

Dolii (large terracotta jars) from the locality Pieve al Bozzone (SI), where 19th-century excavations brought to light a large building in use in the Roman period, probably from the 1st to the 4th century AD. Coins, other ceramic material, fragments of painted plaster, mosaic tesserae and a fragment of a small clay urn and some bronze objects were also found, the latter dating to the Etruscan period.

Also known as “Griccioli amphora”, this black-figure amphora was produced in Athens around 530 B.C. and was discovered in the Campassini locality (SI) as part of the funerary equipment of a member of the Monteriggioni aristocracy. On one side an armed warrior is depicted in the act of mounting a chariot, while on the other Sileni and Maenads are shown celebrating around the altar of Dionysus.

Container for ointments in the shape of a duck, belonging to the Clusium Volaterrae group, dates back to the 4th century B.C. Only the rear part remains preserved, in which the feather decoration indicates the shape of this container, while the depiction of the nude female figure indicates that the use of these ointments was reserved for women. This askos was found inside tomb I at the Grotti necropolis, in the municipality of Monteroni d'Arbia (SI).

Dated to the 4th century BC, only a quarter of the basin remains with its corresponding handle. In the central medallion a young nude is depicted holding a staff in his left hand; his left outstretched arm is covered by a pleated cloak. The Etruscan craftsman placed his signature on the boy's left leg; from the name it is deduced that he was an unfree man.

Jar of light clay reassembled from fragments and painted with red varnish decorations after firing. It dates to the mid-4th century B.C. and was found inside tomb 3 in the necropolis of Grotti (Monteroni d'Arbia, SI). The jar is entirely decorated: on the body stylized floral motifs were painted alternating with stylized vertical tree-like motifs, and lotus flowers are added in the lower band beneath these motifs.

Made of gold, it belongs to a type of earring common in the Etruscan world during the Archaic period. It was found inside a tomb, previously looted, at the locality of Santa Colomba (Monteriggioni, SI). The decoration is granulation; the folded outer sheet contains the various decorative motifs, and laterally the palmette is bounded by two buttons.

Small black-glazed olpe, a red-figure oinochoe and a black-glazed overpainted oinochoe from the Hellenistic period, found near the locality Coroncina (SI), possibly part of the burial goods of an isolated tomb located there. The red-figure oinochoe belongs to the group called "Torcop", a production of ceramic vessels that reached Tuscany by sea, also found at Cerveteri and Populonia.