Object type
ostrakon
Fabric
common Iberian oxidized pottery
Culture/period
Protohistory
Materials
pottery
Technique
wheel-thrown, incising
Mint
Production date
-200 / -100
Current location
Centre Interpretació
Archaeological site
Olèrdola. Entrada recinte (sector 01)
Township
Olèrdola (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Barcelona, Alt Penedès)
Dimensions
45 x 43 x 9 mm
Description
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Incised inscription on the internal face of an Iberian ceramic, possibly an amphora. The inscription was made once it was amortized and broken, using the material as an ostracon. The piece was located in Sector 01, inside the enclosure, during the 1986 excavation, without further references. Remains of two lines of text are preserved. The first is curved indicating that the end corresponds to a fracture prior to the inscription and that after the last sign there were probably not many more on the line (one, two or none). The transcription is simple:
]ta - r - a - I - tu [)
] * - e - ka
This is a possible note on a suitable surface for recording commercial transactions. The content of the inscription provides little data, but the end of the second line recalls precisely commercial inscriptions. The best parallels are consistent with a text of an economic nature. See the complete description in RAMOS RODRIGUEZ, J. 2008, 581-583.
© Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Olèrdola
Omeka ID
2226