Nuraghe Antigori
The Nuraghe Antigori is an unusual, as it is made up of separate towers and walls, a three-part nuragic complex . It is not far from the Sa Domu 'e s'Orcu nuraghe near Sarroch in the metropolitan city of Cagliari in Sardinia . Nuraghi are prehistoric towers of the Bonnanaro culture (2200–1600 BC) and the subsequent nuragic culture (around 1600–400 BC) in Sardinia.
location
The area was ideal for early Mediterranean sea trade. The nuragic complex and its surroundings are known for the findings of Mycenaean ceramics from the 13th and 12th centuries BC. Many sherds can be dated to the period SH III B (1340–1190 BC), others to the early and middle phase of SH III C (1190–1110 BC). A piece of iron was found between them, believed to have come from the island of Cyprus , where iron production began at that time. An iron fishing hook from the same period was found in the nearby giant grave of San Cosimo . It is worth mentioning the discovery of an ox skin ingot made of copper in the area of Capoterra (15 km away) and that of a bronze tripod in the cave of Pirosu near Santadi in the Sulki . The tripod is an imitation of Cypriot prototypes. The cave, about 30 km away, is one of the most important cult sites in the hinterland of Sarroch , the region that today makes up the Parco del Sulcis . Phoenician and Punic ceramics were also found in the Nuraghe Antigori from a later period .
Finds
The finds show that the Mycenaean culture had extensive trade relations before the Phoenicians , with Sardinia on the one hand and Cyprus, the Levant and Egypt on the other.
Some researchers regard these finds as an indication of the controversial identification of the Sardinians with the Šardana . These are shown at the temple of Medinet Habu in Egypt as participants in the attack of the Sea Peoples at the time of Ramses III. shown. It is also connected by the great similarity of Nuragic-Sardinian votive boats with images of such on Cycladic ceramics (e.g. the island of Skyros ).
The Šardana are first mentioned as Šerdenu around 1345 BC. In the Amarna letters , in which RibAddi asked Akhenaten for military assistance . Rib-Addi (governor of Biblos) described them as dangerous opponents who attacked both on land and at sea. Sardana mercenaries were also early on in the Egyptian service. Since the earliest mentions date back more than 150 years before the Sea Peoples attack on Egypt , it is unlikely that the Šardana could be the Sardinians.
See also
literature
- Alberto Moravetti, Carlo Tozzi (ed.): Sardegna (= Guide archeoliche preistoria e protostoria in Italia. 2). Edizione Trilingue. ABACO, Forlì 1995, ISBN 88-86712-01-4 .
- Piero Bartolini: Ceramica fenicia e punica dal Nuraghe Antigori. In: Rivista di Studi Fenici. Vol. 11, No. 2, 1983, ISSN 0390-3877 , pp. 167-175.
Individual evidence
- ^ Amarna letters : EA 81, EA 122, EA 123
Web links
Coordinates: 39 ° 5 ′ 43 ″ N , 9 ° 0 ′ 17 ″ E