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The Ministry of Culture and Spokesperson and the City of Murcia have agreed to work together to make next year a new exhibit with the Glass of the Soldiers featured in the Museum of the town, which will return to the original part exhibition in the city, as its relevance is exposed in the National Archaeological Museum.
This was announced today the Minister of Culture and Spokesperson, Noelia Arroyo, and the Mayor of Murcia, Patricia Fernández, who have made a visit to the municipal museum in which a replica of what is considered one of the most representative pieces exposed Levantine Iberian pottery found in the necropolis of Uncle Pio Cabezo.
Noelia Arroyo said that "the technicians of the Ministry of Culture and the City will work together in the application for the transfer of the original part to the National Archaeological Museum to a temporary exhibition, which will include other relevant parts, educational activities and other attractions help energize the regional cultural activity with economic impact and job positions. "
In fact, this initiative seeks to value cultural infrastructure and tourism, as is the Municipal Museum of Murcia, in which how different civilizations reflected chose this town and the Valley of Ricote to settle since prehistoric times, cultures and civilizations that took the resources of the Segura river and weather conditions for their development.
This is reflected in the museum with its various rooms, such as the one dedicated to the period from prehistory to the Middle Ages, in which Chalcolithic (2300-2100 BC) notes, the first archeneros seated in the place of 'Cabezos Old' where some burials were found, with a total of 23 individuals were buried with their corresponding trousseau.
The population center best known consisted of a settlement and a necropolis, located in Uncle Pio, and was inhabited since the sixth century BC In its excavation a range of ceramics called 'Elche-Archena' horizontal records found, human figures, animals and plant motifs.
The most representative example is called 'Glass of the Soldiers'.
Since the conquest of Hispania until the construction of Roman spa is also reflected in the Museum as well as the passage of the Visigoths, the Muslim era in the Valley of Ricote and other remains until today.
Glass of the Soldiers
This piece, focus of the project of Culture and the City, is at the National Museum of Archaeology own catalogs, "a glass of large straight-sided, neck strangled, flared rim and thickened and rounded lip. Maintained Pasta, light brown , red, burnished. Flat base with umbo. decoration painted on orange slip, wine-red monochrome scenes of hunting and fighting warriors on horseback, wild boar and other warriors on foot. "
In this urn highlight human figures as the main decorative motif and narrative sense of the scene.
It represents the battle between cavalry and infantry, interspersed with wild boar hunting scene that would strengthen the funerary vessel.
It is one of the most representative pieces of the Levantine Iberian ceramics and iconography intended to make heroes the holder of this vessel.
The scenes are funerary symbolism emphasized by the presence of dead warriors and figures of wild boars.
It was commissioned by heroizado character in life.
Source: CARM
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