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'Arula'

Archaeology

Anonymous

Iberian, 125 BC - 90 BC

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The portable domestic 'arula' (small altar) is anepigraphic and presents in the 'focus' traces of fire, perhaps due to perfumes or incense having been burnt there. It was unearthed inside a dwelling and in a stratigraphic context, along with the black-varnished plate imported from Italy (MEV 24397) and a set of pottery, which has been interpreted as being for religious offerings and libations of a domestic nature, as these small altars were used for private worship in Romanized areas. Altars similar to this one have been recorded in Tarragona. The late-republican establishment of El Camp de les Lloses is related to the intensification of the process of Romanization in Catalonia and especially to the construction of highway infrastructures that joined the interior to the coast of Catalonia.

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Location

Room2 ,Floor-1

1 History of the Museum

2 Archaelogy

3 Lapidary

Detalls de l’obra

PLACE OF EXECUTION

Place of execution unknown

PERIOD

Iberian, 125 BC - 90 BC

Material

Gypsum

Dimensions

11.2 x 11.2 x 10 cm

Origin

From El Camp de les Lloses, Tona (Osona)

WORK NUMBER

MEV 24398