Object type
inscription
Culture/period
Protohistory and Iberian world
Materials
lead
Technique
casting
Mint
Production date
-400 / -300
Current location
Reserva provisonal
Archaeological site
Penya del Moro
Township
Sant Just Desvern (Baix Llobregat)
Dimensions
380 x 310 x 100 mm
Description
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Fragment of a small plaque of lead with an inscription in trapezoidal Iberian characters recovered during the excavation campaign in 1980 in the D-alt sector of the town. It contains 34 signs in three lines, two on one side (A) and one on the other (B). The first line contains 9 signs and the second 13, separated by a horizontal line, bounded on the left by a vertical line. On Side B, the line contains 12 signs. The height of the signs varies between 4 and 11 mm, with a firm calligraphy made with a very fine burin.
Reading of face A: [...] tinbasteeroke / bartstoloriltursu
Reading face B: tortonbalar-biteroka [...]
A unique feature of the text on Side A is that it is boustrophedon: the first line is written from left to right and second from right to left. This is unique among Iberian texts, according to Untermann (1990). This object was imported to the site, where it was cut, probably to reuse the lead.
UNTERMANN, J. 1990, Monumenta Linguarum Hispanicarum, Madrid. C.17.1
BARBERÀ, J. ; SANMARTÍ, E. 1982. Excavacions al poblat ibèric de la Penya del Moro de Sant Just Desvern (Barcelonés) 1974-1975-1977-1981. Diputación de Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, Institut d'Arqueología i Prehistòria, Barcelona. Làm.LXVI.
BARBERÀ, J.; MOLIST, N. 2002, La Penya del Moro. Selecció de materials de 20 anys d'excavacions al poblat ibèric (Catàleg de l'exposició, Celler de Can Ginestar del 26 d'octubre al 20 de novembre 2001) Sant Just Desvern. Pàg. 89.
© Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Barcelona
Omeka ID
2564