OSTRAKA E ALTRI DOCUMENTI EPIGRAFICI DI ETÀ ELLENISTICA DA TORRE SAN GIOVANNI DI UGENTO (LE

Abstract

The present work aims to illustrate a little but intriguing Greek epigraphic corpus from Torre San Giovanni,
Lecce, Italy. During the Hellenistic age, the place was a harbour dependent on Uzentum/Οὔξεντον, the
important Messapic centre located in the area of the modern municipality of Ugento, Lecce. It hosted a
Greek-Tarentine enclave with a sanctuary of Artemis-Bendis. Four ostraka and a little lead foil, which refer
to the activities of the landfall and of the cult place, reveal some remarkable details.