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- Title
Sculptors' signatures on Iberian stone statues from Ipolca-Obulco (Porcuna, Jaén, Spain).
- Authors
Chapa, Teresa; Belén, María; Martínez-Navarrete, M. Isabel; Rodero, Alicia; Ceprián, Bautista; Pereira, Juan
- Abstract
With the help of a modern mason, the authors have discovered a series of scarcely visible markings on well-known limestone statues from southern Spain dating back to the fifth century BC. Unrelated to letters or religious symbols, their best point of comparison seems to lie with the kind of signature used by masons to denote a craftsman or workshop. One can certainly forgive any sculptor an expression of pride in the elegant and complex carvings of the Iberian culture.
- Subjects
IBERIAN Peninsula; ANTIQUITIES; SCULPTURE; IBERIAN inscriptions; STATUES; CARVING (Decorative arts); IRON Age
- Publication
Antiquity, 2009, Vol 83, Issue 321, p723
- ISSN
0003-598X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0003598X0009894X