At the Punic-Roman site of Tharros (by Cabras, Oristano), in building 64, located to the south-west of the “temple of the Doric semi-columns”, during the 1960 excavations directed by Gennaro Pesce, a cistern was found. Initially registered as no. 4, the cistern is now registered as no. 8 on the basis of the detailed study of the ancient water system carried out at the end of the 20th century AD. This article focuses on a graffito along the western wall of the cistern, representing a feline. Iconographic comparisons for it suggest that the terminus post quem for the abandonment of the cistern was the late antiquity. However, due to its bad state of preservation, a conclusive interpretation of the graffito is not possible: therefore, this study is only a preliminary step forward in the knowledge of the complex investigated here.

Una cisterna con graffito nell’abitato punico-romano di Tharros (Cabras, Oristano)

Melania Marano
2014

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At the Punic-Roman site of Tharros (by Cabras, Oristano), in building 64, located to the south-west of the “temple of the Doric semi-columns”, during the 1960 excavations directed by Gennaro Pesce, a cistern was found. Initially registered as no. 4, the cistern is now registered as no. 8 on the basis of the detailed study of the ancient water system carried out at the end of the 20th century AD. This article focuses on a graffito along the western wall of the cistern, representing a feline. Iconographic comparisons for it suggest that the terminus post quem for the abandonment of the cistern was the late antiquity. However, due to its bad state of preservation, a conclusive interpretation of the graffito is not possible: therefore, this study is only a preliminary step forward in the knowledge of the complex investigated here.
2014
Melania Marano
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