Scenografia della morte a Sulky (Sant'Antioco) nella prima età punica: considerazioni preliminari sul contesto della Tomba 9 PGM

In this paper we present a new hypogeum tomb from the Punic necropolis of Sulky (Sant’Antioco, southwest
Sardinia, Italy), located in the Is Pirixeddus sector. The analysis of the Tomb 9 PGM, investigated in 2004 by Paolo Bernardini, will begin with the classification of the funeral chamber within the larger complex of Is Pirixeddus necropolis, with the presentation of data on the planimetric and architectural articulation; the brief examination of the materials found will follow. An organic sample (carbon) was taken for a calibrated radiometric dating, the result of which, together with the analysis of the funerary objects, will allow us to propose some considerations on the distribution of the burials and on the overall chronology of the use of the tomb. The chronological revision of some of Sulky’s most archaic funerary contexts, together with the results of the 14C dating, will allow, finally, to advance a new attempt at chronological attribution for the introduction of the hypogeic typology in Sardinia, a phenomenon that seems to be detectable at least in the mid-6th century BC.