Finds

Stone model of single-tower Nuraghe

A limestone votive stone, with a highly symbolic value, made into a tower Nuraghe, was found in hut 80 of the Nuragic village in Barumini (figs. 1, 2, 3, 4).

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Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4 - Su Nuraxi, stone model of single-tower Nuraghe (photo by Pinna P.P., RAS Photographic Archive).

The model (residual height 35cm), has architectural elements that are typical of the single-tower Nuraghe, such as for example, the terrace, portrayed by a wide, smooth band marked with deep grooves, indicating the corbels that jutted out from the top part of the tower, and there is a cylindrical shape  in the centre of the terrace that indicated the staircase roof.  The item, which can be dated to the 9th-8th centuries B.C. (Iron Age), is current exhibited at the Casa Zapata Museum in Barumini.

 

Bibliografia

  • BAGELLA S., Modellino di nuraghe - scheda 8, in MORAVETTI A., ALBA L., FODDAI L. (a cura di), La Sardegna Nuragica. Storia e materiali, Sassari 2014, p. 462.
  • LILLIU G., ZUCCA R., Su Nuraxi di Barumini, Sardegna archeologica, Guide e Itinerari, Sassari 1988, pp. 118-120.
  • MARRAS D., Modellini di nuraghe, in MORAVETTI A., ALBA L., FODDAI L. (a cura di), La Sardegna Nuragica. Storia e materiali, Sassari 2014, pp. 453-460.
  • SANTONI V., Il nuraghe Su Nuraxi di Barumini, Guide e Studi, Quartu Sant’Elena 2001, pp. 83-84.
  • TRUDU E., Il nuraghe Su Nuraxi di Barumini, in MINOJA M., SALIS G., USAI L. (a cura di), L'isola delle torri: Giovanni Lilliu e la Sardegna nuragica. Catalogo della mostra, Sassari 2015, p. 399.

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