Rivista | Axon
Fascicolo | 7 | 1 | 2023
Articolo | Officina di IG XIV2 – Inedito vasetto plumbeo per medicinali da Taranto con iscrizione a matrice
Abstract
The contribution offers the first edition of a small lead olla preserved in the storerooms of the National Archaeological Museum of Taranto, made from a bivalve matrix and intended for the trade of medicinal ointments or eye drops. The discreetly preserved object bears a matrix inscription consisting of an idionym in genitive case: Παμφίλου, from Pamphilos, identifying the φαρμακοπώλης according to whose recipe the medicamentum was made. The name is massively attested in Attica and the object therefore seems referable, in terms of form and material of manufacture, to the ‘Athenian or Central-Mediterranean’ area.
Presentato: 24 Gennaio 2023 | Accettato: 18 Aprile 2023 | Pubblicato 03 Agosto 2023 | Lingua: it
Keywords Medicinal ointments • Bivalve mould • Taranto (Luigi Viola collection) • Pamphilos • Pharmacopola
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Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/Axon/2532-6848/2023/01/009