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© Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Olèrdola
Omeka ID 2236
Olèrdola
Roman

ring with inscription

MAC OLE-00281

Object type
ring
Production date
-100 / -50
Fabric
-
Museum
Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Olèrdola
Culture
Roman
Discovery location
Olèrdola. Entrada recinte (sector 01)
Materials
silver
Township
Olèrdola (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Barcelona, Alt Penedès)
Technique
moulding, casting
Where is it?
Centre Interpretació
Dimensions
6 x 15 x 14 mm
Description
Ring with the proximal portion laterally flattened and thickened. At the time of the discovery of the piece, a Latin inscription AT (T) IVS / FEL (IX) was identified (lost during restoration, when it was split in half. Currently it is illegible). The proposed translation is (property of) Attius Felix. It was located in Sector 01 during the 1996 excavation, in a medieval level within House 102. The nominative of the ring indicates a use as a seal. Although the name Attius is well documented in Hispania, only it appears once in Tarraco. The presence of a ring with that name in Olèrdola could indicate a property in the area of the Attia (Gorosotidi 2010, 72-73). Its age cannot be specified. It could correspond to a Republican time associated with the Roman fortification, or been transported later, perhaps in medieval times on the site, from one of the Roman villas in Penedès.

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