Finds

Pear-shaped vase with false drainer (Fontana Lumarzu - Bonorva)

A votive miniature vase was found at Fontana Lumarzu, in Rebeccu a Bonorva (fig. 1), uncovered at the beginning of the 20th century and dated between the Late Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age, (fig. 2).

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Fig. 1 - Su Lumarzu nuragic spring. (From http://www.sardegnacultura.it/immagini/7_88_20070118152906.jpg).
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Fig. 2 - Miniature vase found in Su Lumarzu (from TARAMELLI 1919, fig. 21, page 57).

The finding, 7 cm high, shows a rotund body, almost cylindrical neck, not clearly distinguished from the body, with a flared rim and two double vertical handles counterposed with horizontal holes for suspension, a false central pourer and a flat bottom.

Based on comparisons with similar examples found in S. Anastasia di Sardara and Genna Maria di Villanovaforru (figs. 3-8), the timescale of the item dates to the Early Iron Age (9th-8th century B.C.).

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Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 - Nuragic pear-shaped vases (from CAMPUS, LEONELLI 2000, tab. 251, p. 443).
 

Bibliografia

  • CAMPUS F., LEONELLI V., La tipologia della ceramica nuragica. Il materiale edito, Viterbo 2000, p. 434. Pir: 4, tav. 251, n. 5.
  • 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, pp. 56 - 65.

 

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