Warrior stele of Magacela
The Warriors telephoto of Magacela ( Spanish Estela del Guerrero de Magacela ) in 1939 from the wall of an orchard in Magacela, a town in the Comarca de La Serena in the province of Badajoz in Extremadura in Spain removed to the National Archaeological Museum of Spain transferred to become.
It is a conical stele from the late Bronze Age with the schematic representation of the warrior and his grave goods, which are composed of a spear, a dagger or sword, a horned helmet and a round shield. Representations interpreted as mirrors and classified as cups complete the picture.
The stele made of dark gray mudstone is broken off at its base and top. It is 1.42 m high, 0.35 m wide at the base and a maximum of 0.32 m thick. The figure of the warrior and all decorative elements are shown with simple lines and are formal features of the art of the 11th to 9th centuries BC. Since the younger elements with an oriental influence are missing.
literature
- Martín Almagro Basch: Las Estelas Decoradas del Suroeste Peninsular ( Bibliotheca Praehistórica Hispana , vol. 8). CSIC, Madrid 1966, pp. 79f.
- Sebastián Celestino Pérez: Estelas de Guerrero y Estelas Diademadas; la precolonización y formación del Mundo Tartésico. Bellaterra, Barcelona 2001, ISBN 84-7290-159-9 .
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Coordinates: 40 ° 25 ′ 24 ″ N , 3 ° 41 ′ 20 ″ W.