Object type
stele
Culture/period
Protohistory and Iberian world
Materials
stone
Technique
carving
Mint
Production date
-200 / -100
Current location
Exposició permanent
Archaeological site
Cabanes
Township
Cabanes (Castelló)
Dimensions
1010 x 420 x 270 mm
Description
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Stone stele carved from a single block that is quite damaged, especially at the top. An inscription with 16 Iberian linguistic signs is divided into three lines: Iltirbiguir / en : seldat / doi. The first word corresponds to an anthroponym. It translates as 'Burial grave of iltiŕ Bi Guir'.
It was found by Joaquin Perez in the area of El Bordissal (Cabanes, Castellón) in late 1913, after heavy rainfall. It is a funerary stele of an Iberian person. Such steles are quite late in the Iberian world, datable from the second century BC, when they copied a way of marking the grave from the Roman world.
CIVERA GÓMEZ, M. 2013, Inscripcions sepulcrals ibèriques de Sagunt i algunes més, Arse 47, 21-42. Pàg. 38.
ESTEVE GALVEZ, F. 1989, La lápida ibérica de Cabanes, Archivo de Prehistoria Levantina XIX, Valencia. Pàg. 115, Làm I.
© Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Barcelona
Omeka ID
2572