Resumen de Sculptors' signatures on Iberian stone statues from Ipolca-Obulco (Porcuna, Jaén, Spain)
María Teresa Chapa Brunet, María Belén Deamos, María Isabel Martínez Navarrete, Alicia Rodero Riaza, Bautista Ceprián del Castillo, Juan Pereira Sieso
With the help of a modern mason, the authors have discovered a series of scarcely visible markings on well-known limestone statues from southern Spain dating back to the fifth century BC. Unrelated to letters or religious symbols, their best point of comparison seems to lie with the kind of signature used by masons to denote a craftsman or workshop. One can certainly forgive any sculptor an expression of pride in the elegant and complex carvings of the Iberian culture.
