SCERRATO, Umberto. 4.11.1928 — 19.2.2004. Italian Archaeologist and Art Historian. Taught at Naples. Worked on Islamic and Iranian regions, alo participated in Swat excavations. To his memory is dedicated the Museo Orientale Umberto Scerrato in Naples, opened in 2012.
Publications: Arte islamica a Napoli. 16+208 p. Napoli 1968; other writings on Islamic art.
– “A Short Note on Some Recently Discovered Buddhist Grottoes near Bàmiyàn, Afghanistan”, E & W 11, 1960, 94-120; “Excavations at Dahan-i Ghulaman (Seistan-Iran). First Report (1962-1963)”, E & W 16, 1966, 9-30; “Arte dell’Iran sasanide”, G. Tucci (ed.), Le Civiltà dell’Oriente. 4. Arte. Rome 1962, 381-428; “Due tombe ad incinerazione del Museo di Kandahar”, AION 40, 1980, 627-650.
– Other articles on the archaeology of Afghanistan and Pakistan, also on classical Mediterranean art.
– “Giuseppe Tucci, l’archeologia islamica ed altri parerga”, B. Melasecchi (ed.), Giuseppe Tucci. Nel centenario della nascita (Roma, 7-8 giugno 1994). Rome, IsMEO 1995, 85-111.
– M. V. Fontana (ed.): Umberto Scerrato: saggi inediti e opera minora. 1-3. 36+1699 p. Quaderni di Vicino Oriente 7. Rome 2014.
Sources: Wikidata; homepage of the museum; articles listed in Opera minora.