Morgantina treasure

The hoard includes two large bowls, a cup with two handles, plates and several drinking utensils.

It was probably excavated around 1978 (the date of a modern coin found buried at the most likely site), and was bought by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 1981 and 1982.

[1][2] The treasure was deposited in an ancient building of Morgantina, perhaps hidden there at the sack of the city at the hands of the Romans in 211 BC.

The creation of the objects is dated to around 240 BC, when the city was subject to Hieron II of Syracuse.

In 2010, after its return, the treasure was temporarily displayed in the Palazzo Massimo alle Terme in Rome and then delivered to Sicily.