The Magacela stele is a stele found in southwestern Iberia, made of slate and dated from the Late Bronze Age. It is exhibited at the National Archaeological Museum in Madrid, Spain.
| Magacela stele | |
|---|---|
| Spanish: Estela de Magacela | |
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| Year | c. 1100–800 BC |
| Medium | Slate |
| Dimensions | (142 x 35 x 32) cm[1] |
| Location | National Archaeological Museum, Madrid, Spain |
By the 20th century, the slate stele had been repurposed as part of an orchard wall in Magacela, in the Spanish province 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 of Eduardo Ezquer Gabaldón in San Pedro de Mérida.[3] It later became part of the collection of the National 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), an edged weapon, a spear and an object tentatively identified as a handheld mirror.[2] The objects are pointing down, underpinning the funerary nature of the artifact.[2] Below the rest of elements there is a carved round shield.[4]
References edit
- Citations
- ^ "Estela de Magacela". Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte.
- ^ a b c Ruiz-Gálvez Priego 2019, p. 464.
- ^ a b Almagro 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. ISBN 9788400014759.
- Blanco Freijeiro, Antonio (1980), "El cipo de Magacela", Alminar (16), Badajoz: 16–17 – via Biblioteca 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. ISBN 978-84-15939-67-2.
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