



Miniature amphora
Category
Provenance
Object
Inventory No.
Dimensions
Dating
Nuragic-age artifact
Archaeological excavations Nuragic village of S’Urbale (Teti-NU), Hut F
Miniature amphora with stopper
61059 (Sabap SS-NU)
Height 8 cm, maximum diameter 5.6 cm
Final Bronze, ca. 12th-10th cent. BCE.
N. inventario
24.S255-3.381
Provenienza
Atzadalai, Teti
Acquisizione
Rinvenimento fortuito
Materiale
Litico
Misure
larghezza 3,50 cm; lunghezza 4 cm; spessore 1,30 cm
Conservazione
Mutilo
Periodo
Preistorico
Datazione
Neolitico finale (prima metà IV mill. a.C.), cultura di Ozieri
The small ceramic vessel, just over 5 cm high, comes from Hut F of the nuragic village of S’Urbale (Teti-NU). It reproduces in miniature an amphora with a high neck, equipped with a stopper. On each of the wide handles is a hole useful for the insertion of a string. Jars of this type may have contained special substances, sometimes used in ritual settings. It is not ruled out that they could be traced back to children’s toys. The object is dated to the Final Bronze Age (12th-10th centuries B.C.).