




Ceramic pintadera
Item No.
Exhibit 247
Inventory No.
No. 61070 (Sabap SS-NU)
Provenance
Nuragic Village S’Urbale, Teti – Hut F
Acquisition
Archaeological excavation 1983
Material
Ceramics
Measures
Thickness at handle 4.90 cm; Ø 8 cm
Conservation
Fragmentary
Period
Nuragic
Dating
Final Bronze Age (12th-10th centuries B.C.)
The pintadera, found in Hut F of the nuragic village of S’Urbale (Teti-NU), is a discoidal object with a button grip, decorated with angular motifs arranged in a cruciform score. In the Nuragic context it is hypothesized that these stamps were used to decorate bread before baking. Suggesting this are several bronzettes depicting figures in the act of offering decorated buns. The finding of this object at S’Urbale in association with spinning and weaving tools leads one to consider a possible use for textile decoration as well. The find is dated to the Final Bronze Age, between the 12th and 10th centuries BC.