Un nuovo keimelion dal Piceno. Il tripode dalla tomba 64 dell'area Quagliotti di Sirolo

This paper discusses a rod tripod found in tomb 64 in the area Quagliotti in Sirolo (Ancona), a sector of a necropolis of the ancient Picenean settlement of Numana. In the first part of the paper the burial context and its assemblage are briefly introduced, with some remarks on the structure of the grave and on the spatial distribution of the objects inside the chamber. The tripod is then analysed in detail: according to the few comparisons available, it can be attributed to a type of rod tripods that were probably manufactured in Urartu during the 8th century BC. The results of lead isotope analysis attached to the paper do not invalidate this attribution. The considerable chronological hiatus between the tripod and the rest of the grave assemblage, which dates to the end of the 5th century BC, allows some considerations regarding the ancient route that brought the tripod to Numana and its possible status as a “curated” object.