Una nueva inscripción sobre instrumento artesanal procedente del Castillo de Doña Blanca (Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz)

Abstract

Study and edition of a brief Phoenician inscription (composed of just two letters) on a goldsmith mold. It was found in the archaeological site of ¿Castillo de Doña Blanca¿ (El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz), an important Spanish site with a large number of Phoenician archaeological materials. The mold was found among artefacts which date to the first half of the 7th century B. C. The author of the inscription could have been a literate craftsman, skilled both in engraving and in writing (a fact that could provide some indications on the interpretation of the inscription).