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Una nueva tessera lusoria procedente de Pollentia (Alcúdia, Mallorca)
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[spa] En 2018 se recuperó una nueva tessera lusoria procedente del foro de Pollentia, sumándose a otro ejemplar hallado durante las excavaciones antiguas de la ciudad romana. Esta ficha de juego en hueso presenta inscripción en tan solo una de las dos caras, un tipo anómalo entre este conjunto de instrumenta. Su presencia en el asentamiento y sus paralelos permiten definir estos elementos de juego como un marcador de personal itálico en los asentamientos republicanos de finales de siglo II a inicios de siglo I a. C. Asimismo, este tipo de material, excepcional en Hispania, permite definir las escurridizas etapas iniciales de Pollentia en un contexto hispano más amplio.
[eng] In 2018, a new tessera lusoria was recovered from the forum of Pollentia, complementing another one found during the early excavations in the Roman city. The game token bears an inscription on only one of its two faces, thus belonging to a rare type among this series of instrumenta. The presence of these two elements in the site and their parallels outline these tokens as markers of Italian military or civilian agents in the Late Republican settlements on the eastern coast of Spain. Likewise, this type of material, exceptional in Hispania, may help to elucidate the evasive early stages of Pollentia in a wider provincial context.
[eng] In 2018, a new tessera lusoria was recovered from the forum of Pollentia, complementing another one found during the early excavations in the Roman city. The game token bears an inscription on only one of its two faces, thus belonging to a rare type among this series of instrumenta. The presence of these two elements in the site and their parallels outline these tokens as markers of Italian military or civilian agents in the Late Republican settlements on the eastern coast of Spain. Likewise, this type of material, exceptional in Hispania, may help to elucidate the evasive early stages of Pollentia in a wider provincial context.
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BELLVIURE, Joel, et al. Una nueva tessera lusoria procedente de Pollentia (Alcúdia, Mallorca). Archivo Español de Arqueología. 2023. Vol. 96. ISSN 0066-6742. [consulted: 14 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/208357