For the next few months, a thousand-year-old cup will preside over the hall of the MARQ. Under the heading "Take and drink. A cup for a millenary ritual".the Archaeological Museum will exhibit this piece, which dates from the Bronze AgeThe site is more than 3,500 years old.
The Member of Parliament for Culture and Education, César Augusto AsencioThis morning, he inaugurated this exhibition, headed by an exceptional cup of Argaric pottery donated to the museum by Margarita Ramón-Borja in 2013. "Even then, its appearance suggested that it could be a relevant piece and, once it was analysed by MARQ technicians, it was found to be 3,500 years old and belonged to the Bronze Age, so it became part of the Prehistory collection."The deputy pointed out.
The other two cups that make up this exhibition are of similar characteristics, belonging to the Quiles Collection and are part of the Archaeological Museum's collection. This is the fourteenth edition of a programme whose aim is to exhibit singular pieces in the large entrance hall to the centre.
Ceramic goblets are one of the most characteristic objects of the "Culture of El Argar -which is named after an important archaeological site located in the municipality Almeria of Antas- and their presence is frequent in the grave goods, so their use is linked to the funeral rites. They were also used in the domestic sphere and some were even used as lamps, according to the museum's technicians.
The event was also attended by the curators of the exhibition, Jorge Soler and Juan Antonio Lópezthe managing director of MARQ, José Alberto Cortésthe technical director, Manuel Olcinaand Margarita Ramón-Borja herself, who thanked the museum and the team of technical specialists for their work as platform for the dissemination of culture in the province of Alicante.
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