Découverte d’une tuile estampillée de la fin du ier s. av. J.-C. à Bibracte (mont Beuvray, Saône-et-Loire)

Abstract

In 2018, a stamped tile was discovered in the Italian-style domus of PC2, located in the oppidum of Bibracte. This mark, which can be read as S. AV or S. AN, is printed a fragment of tegula, apparently produced locally, in a close vicinity of mont Beuvray, in the late 1st c. BC. Comparable to what we can see at the same time in the Italian peninsula, it seems that this short text can be read as the initials belonging to the owner of the workshop that produced this very tile. Such a discovery is the occasion to discuss the passing of Roman know-how to the Aeduans and the identity of the craftsmen who produced those materials. These elements, related to the integration of new Italian-style architectural norms in the constructions of the oppidum of Bibracte, can be considered as a clue indicating a fast and early Romanization process of the Aeduan elites close to the Roman world.