Una finestra sull’Oriente

Materials from Seleucia in the Palazzo Madama’s collections

Turin, Palazzo Madama, December 2013 - August 2015

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The collections of Palazzo Madama include over 3,000 artefacts (sealings, pottery, terracotta figurines, elements of architectural decoration, glasses, coins, small bone and metal objects) that were found during the first Italian archaeological missions at Seleucia on the Tigris and brought to Turin thanks to the laws in effect at that time in Iraq. On the occasion of its fiftieth anniversary, the Centro Scavi di Torino decided to present to the visitors of the Museum a selection of these objects, now displayed in a case in a room of the basement.

Exhibitions

• Sulle sponde del Tigri
• Statues Also Die
• Da Ninive a Mosul
• Nineveh. Bilder aus Sanheribs Palast ohnegleichen
• Nineveh, an Assyirian capital between past and present
• Una finestra sull’Oriente
• Treasures from the dynastic sanctuary of Parthian Nisa
• Parthian Iran
• Nineveh. The Sennacherib’s Palace without Rivals
• On Alexander's tracks. From Seleucia to the Gandhara
• From Adventure to Science
• Mediterranean Archaeology
• Shores 2004
• The restoration work of the Italian-Iraqi Institutes
• The land between two rivers
• Museo Civico di Torino
• Masterpieces from the Baghdad Museum
• Buddhist sculptures from Swat
• Afghanistan from prehistory to Islam
• Italian Archaeological Activities in Asia