stele with spears

MAC BCN-049327
Object type stele
Fabric stone material, construction and architectural of the Classical and Protohistoric period
Culture/period Protohistory and Iberian world
Materials sandstone
Technique carving
Mint
Production date -200 / -50
Current location Exposició permanent
Archaeological site Sant Sebastià de la Guarda
Township Palafrugell (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Girona, Baix Empordà)
Dimensions 480 x 520 x 250 mm
Description
Iberian stele possibly of a funerary nature found by staff of the Museum of Palafrugell in some outbuildings at the Shrine of St. Sebastian de la Guarda. It is a fragment of what would be the original piece in a parallelepiped shape. The decoration is the typical sequence of overlapping spears and decorative elements that frame the whole. In the upper sequence ten spears are between horizontal lines. In the bottom row the points of eight spears are preserved partially.
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© Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Barcelona
Omeka ID 2581