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.S255-3.459

Provenienza

Nuraghe Nolza, Meana Sardo – Cortile B

Acquisizione

Scavo archeologico 1994

Materiale

Bronzo

Misure

lunghezza 10 cm; altezza 2 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.).

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