Bronze brooch (from Puttu de Inza nuraghe in Bonorva)
There is a bronze brooch 15.5 cm long (fig. 2) found in the nuraghe at Puttu de Inza (fig. 1), on the Santa Lucia plain.
Fig. 1 - Puttu de Inza nuraghe (by TARAMELLI 1919, fig. 31, pages 77 - 78).
Fig. 2 - Bronze brooch found near the Puttu de Inza nuraghe (by TARAMELLI 1919, fig. 34a, pages 83 - 84).
This is a multi-function ornamental item that could be used as a weapon, an ornament to fasten clothing or a hairpin.
The finding, which was fused, has a rectangular section stem. The sub-cylindrical pinhead has a neck decorated by three rings.
From a chronological point of view, based on the comparison with similar examples coming from other nuragic contexts on the island (figs 3, 4), it dates to the 12th-9th century B.C.
Fig. 3 - Bronze brooch, loc. Urulu di Orgosolo (byMORAVETTI, ALBA, FODDAI 2014, page 284).
Fig. 4 - Bronze brooch, Nurdole di Orani nuraghe (byMORAVETTI, ALBA, FODDAI 2014, page 284).
Bibliografia
- MERELLA S., Spillone. Schede 20, 21, in MORAVETTI A., ALBA E., FODDAI L. (a cura di), La Sardegna Nuragica. Storia e materiali, Sassari 2014, pag. 284.
- TARAMELLI A., Fortezze, Recinti, Fonti sacre e Necropoli preromane nell’Agro di Bonorva (Prov. di Sassari), con rilievi e disegni del Prof. Francesco Giarrizzo, in Monumenti Antichi dei Lincei, XXV, 1919, coll. 765-904, p. 95, pp. 66 - 76.
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