Menhir di Genna Prunas

Menhir di Genna Prunas is a prehistoric standing stone in the comune of Guspini, Italy, along the SS126 at the height of kilometer 99. It stands in agricultural land near casa Usai.

The stone reaches a maximum height of about 1,70 metres. Its base is fairly stout, with a width of 60 cm, while its upper end becomes much more rounded. What distinguishes it from other menhirs is the presence of thirty coppelle cut into its basaltic surface, covering all four sides of the monument.

The menhir is dated to the Ozieri culture of the IV millennium BCE. It represents the Dea Madre. Its estimated date is 2800 BCE to 1800 BCE, based on typological comparison.

Menhirs occur beyond the Atlantic fringe across central and southern Europe, though Sardinia holds Italy's most famous examples, with at least 332 standing stones. These include elaborate statue-menhirs showing a human face at the top and gendered symbols on the flat front; more than a hundred of this standardised type have been found, mostly around the village of Laconi. In the Sardinian language they are called perdas fittas or perdas lungas.

Menhir di Genna Prunas is a menhir (standing stone) in Guspini, Italy. A typological estimate: 2800 BCE to 1800 BCE. No English Wikipedia article exists for it; the full text below is the Italian article "Menhir Genna Prunas", shown in the original language.