Stone Vessels of Egyptian Appearance from Ibiza

espanolEl objetivo de este articulo es dar a conocer cuatro recipientes de piedra procedentes de Ibiza, considerados de tipologia egipcia, probablemente hallados en la necropolis del Puig des Molins y conservados en el Museo Arqueologico de Ibiza y Formentera (Eivissa). Estos objetos han servido de muestra para iniciar una investigacion que intenta determinar los materiales constitutivos de este tipo de recipientes, ampliamente distribuidos por el Mediterraneo, con la finalidad de intentar localizar los lugares de origen de sus materia primas y ubicar los talleres relacionados con este tipo de vasos. Se han realizado analisis fisicoquimicos con el objetivo de confirmar o descartar la posible filiacion egipcia de estos recipientes. Los resultados de los analisis realizados y las primeras conclusiones se presentan y discuten a continuacion. EnglishThe aim of this paper is to throw light on the specific raw material of four Egyptian-style stone vessels. They were found in Ibiza, probably at the Puig des Molins necropolis, and are kept in the Archaeological Museum of Ibiza and Formentera (Eivissa). These four specimens have served as a basis to initiate preliminary research that seeks to determine their specific raw materials and their provenance; in addition, it aims to clarify the location of the workshops in which these vessels, which were of a type widely distributed throughout the Mediterranean basin in antiquity, were produced. Physicochemical analyses have been carried out to confirm or rule out the Egyptian background of the Ibiza samples. The results of these analyses and a first set of conclusions are discussed below.