Abstract:

We present a new titulus pictus in an amphora stored in the Museum of Almería from the archaeological excavation in the 8 th sector of Villaricos (Almería). The morphology of the amphora and its context let us date it in the third quarter of the first century B.C. The epigraph, that is well preserved and situated in collo, is a trianomina that belongs to a Roman merchant of Punic origin. This fact let us enlighten the role played by Punic merchant oligarchies at the end of late republican period, at least, inside its ancient area of influence.