Magacela stele
| Magacela stele | |
|---|---|
| Spanish:Estela de Magacela | |
 | |
| Year | c.1100–800 BC |
| Medium | Slate |
| Dimensions | (142 x 35 x 32) cm[1] |
| Location | National Archaeological Museum,Madrid,Spain |
TheMagacela steleis a stele found in southwesternIberia,made ofslateand dated from theLate Bronze Age.It is exhibited at theNational Archaeological MuseuminMadrid,Spain.
By the 20th century, the slate stele had been repurposed as part of an orchard wall inMagacela,in the Spanishprovince of Badajoz.[2]The owner of the property, Juan Delgado Torres, took the stele to the municipal hall and the artifact became known to the wider public in 1950.[3]It was later donated to the personal collection ofEduardo Ezquer GabaldóninSan Pedro de Mérida.[3]It later became part of the collection of theNational Archaeological Museum.
The carved surface of the stele features a schematic human figure depicting a male warrior or chieftain (wearing a helmet with oversized horns), anedged weapon,aspearand an object tentatively identified as a handheldmirror.[2]The objects are pointing down, underpinning the funerary nature of the artifact.[2]Below the rest of elements there is a carved roundshield.[4]
References
[edit]- Citations
- ^"Estela de Magacela".Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte.
- ^abcRuiz-Gálvez Priego 2019,p. 464.
- ^abAlmagro 1966,p. 78.
- ^Blanco Freijeiro 1980,pp. 16–17.
- Bibliography
- Almagro, Martín(1966).Las estelas decoradas del suroeste peninsular.Vol. III. Madrid:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas,Universidad de Madrid.ISBN9788400014759.
- Blanco Freijeiro, Antonio (1980),"El cipo de Magacela",Alminar(16), Badajoz: 16–17 – viaBiblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes
- Ruiz-Gálvez Priego, Marisa (2019). "De hombres y dioses: la estela de guerrero de Magacela y el rp'um".Un periplo docente e investigador. Estudios en homenaje al profesor Antonio Tejera Gaspar.Servicio de Publicaciones. Universidad de La Laguna.pp. 463–480.ISBN978-84-15939-67-2.
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