The Civil Guard of Lucena and the patrol Seprona of Routewithin the services that they have been carrying out in the province to protect the historical heritage of Andalusia to avoid looting in archaeological sites and detection of the illicit market of archaeological pieces, They have recovered a funerary piece dating from Roman times on a farm in Lucena and of great historical value.
As reported this Thursday by the armed institute, the Civil of Lucena located last day 24th September, in an olive grove in the municipality of Lucena, an archaeological piece of stone, with Roman inscriptions and very well preserved. Given this, the agents notified the Seprona patrol of the Civil Guard of Rute, who quickly moved to the indicated place and, “after verifying that the piece located was a tombstone from a tomb from Roman times with funerary inscriptions“, they intervened and handed it over to the Territorial Delegation of Culture of the Junta of Andalusia in Córdoba, where it will be studied.
Obligation to communicate it to the authorities
The funerary inscriptions of the world in Roman times are some of the most important documentary sources. For this reason, the Civil Guard reminds us that historical heritage is publicly owned and is regulated in Andalusia by Law 14/2007, on the Historical Heritage of Andalusia, which obliges any citizen to observe or locate a piece that is considered historical heritage, not to move it from the place where it has been located and to communicate it to the authorities as soon as possible. In fact, not communicating it within 24 hours of its location may lead to the processing of a infringement complaint administrative and/or crime of plunder if it has been collected from an archaeological site.
The pieces found should occasionally be left in the place where they are found and notify the local authorities, since their handling deteriorates the information it provides as a whole.