The most important grave in this northern Umbrian outpost at Montericco belonged to a warrior. The man was buried in a wooden coffin. Estimating the size of the skeleton from the scale in the excavation report, he may have stood about 5’ 5” tall. This would be considered small nowadays but was a respectable height in archaic Italy.
Important grave goods were placed around the deceased in the interior of the coffin. Directly above his head were two wine jugs, one Etruscan, the other Greek. The latter was Attic and decorated with a scene of Hercules defeating an Amazon. To the left of his skull was an Attic wine cup painted with scenes of a warrior departing for battle. Between the wine cup and the wall of the coffin were a spearhead and knife. The spearhead was 19.8 cm long, probably a dual-purpose throwing and thrusting weapon. A second spearhead (22.6 cm) was deposited in a bronze wine-mixing basin by the man’s right calf. The basin also contained a swallow-tailed bronze brooch. Another small knife was placed beside the basin. Four silver brooches
