La tessera lusoria del Puig del Castell de Samalús (Barcelona): ¿más que fichas de juego?

Abstract

In this paper we present a new tessera lusoria found in the Iberian site of Puig del Castell de Samalús (Cànoves i Samalús, Barcelona). The piece, made of bone, has a latin inscription on both sides, in wich we can read the vocative gvlo and numeral IIII. Beyond making a typological approach of the piece, we try to develop the meaning of their presence in an indigenous context and frame their presence within the rest of these gaming tokens located in the Citerior. We are incorporing new data, only through the collection of all tesserae lusoriae that we know its precise place of discovery. We will define its origin and try to approach to a better understanding of the phenomenon. We try to address the issue focusing on the context in which they were used, indicating the group these gaming tokens belonged.