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A new terracotta tessera from the excavations of the University of Milan at Palmyra (Tadmor, Syrian Arab Republic) (2010)

Crisa, Antonino

2018

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  • Título:
    A new terracotta tessera from the excavations of the University of Milan at Palmyra (Tadmor, Syrian Arab Republic) (2010)
  • Autor: Crisa, Antonino
  • Assuntos: excavations ; History and Archaeology ; iconography ; Milan ; Palmyra ; Syria ; tessera ; token
  • Notas: ISSN: 0391-8165
    ISBN: 9788891317216
    ARCHEOLOGIA CLASSICA
  • Descrição: Questo breve contributo si prefigge lo scopo di presentare una nuova tessera (o gettone), rinvenuta a Palmira nel 2010, durante gli scavi archeologici della missione italo-siriana (Università degli Studi di Milano e Direzione Generale delle Antichità e dei Musei di Damasco). Gli scavi si sono svolti tra il 2008 e il 2010 nel quartiere sud-occidentale della città antica e hanno interessato una porzione del cosiddetto “edificio a Peristilio”. La tessera qui presentata, seppur già nota per tipologia e iconografia, riveste una certa importanza, considerato il contesto di scavo, e offre nuovi dati sulla produzione e sull’utilizzo di questi particolari oggetti, circolanti a Palmira per lo più nella prima età imperiale. Between 2007 and 2010 the University of Milan and the General Directorate of Antiquities and Museums in Damascus carried out archaeological excavations in the southwest area of ancient Palmyra (Tadmor - Syrian Arab Republic)1. One of the most significant results of this field research, directed by Professor Maria Teresa Grassi and Dr. Waleed Al-As’Ad, has been the discovery of a vast (probably private) Roman building containing a large peristyle and a series of rooms (Fig. 1)2. In November 2010, the last month of excavation before the beginning of Arab uprisings in March 2011, some local workers found a terracotta token, one of the so-called “Palmyrene banquet tesserae”. This article presents this remarkable find and its archaeological context. The token offers new data on the use of terracotta tesserae in Palmyra, a subject of interest amongst past and current scholars3. Moreover, the tessera comes from a well-documented stratigraphic context, which reveals information about its potential purpose, and its final disposal or loss in a private housing area of the ancient city. The article contains three main sections. The first is a concise overview of the Roman building and archaeological context where the token was found in 2010. The second part offers a description and assessment of the tessera, analysing its iconography. The third section focuses on the token potential uses in relationship with the context where the artifact was finally deposited.
  • Data de criação/publicação: 2018
  • Idioma: Inglês
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