Perdigões enclosures have a small museum located at the medieval tower of Herdade do Esporão (Reguengos de Monsaraz). In this page, images of archaeological materials and excavated contexts will be displayed. Please respect the copyrights and references.

Sunday, 25 November 2018

0006 - Birds of ivory (1)

In Perdigões there are several bird figurines collected in funerary contexts, namely in Tombs 1 and 2.
This is one of the best carved in ivory, from Tomb 2. It represents a bird with grate detail and in a very realistic or naturalistic way. Its length is about 3cm.


(Photo copyright J.P. Ruas)

For more informations about animal figurines at Perdigões see here.


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