40 years ago, Inrap carried out an archaeological diagnosis near the antique city of Aleria (Haute-Corse), on a spot where several individual buildings were to be constructed. These investigations showed the presence of a roman necropolis, in the middle of which a grave dating back from the Etruscan period was discovered. After what appeared to be a major discovery, the “Regional Service of Corsica” requested an excavation in 2018. This included an unusual and complementary procedure: the presence of a curator-restorer as soon as the first assessments of the dig started. INRAP added to the team a curator-restorer commissioned to take care of the objects as soon as the tomb was opened.This experiment is told by the three main people involved: the prescriptor, the archaeologist responsible for the excavation, and the curator-restorer herself.