TI·21 Locarno

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Object
Classification:	bottle
Archaeological Type:	fiasca a trottola
Material:	pottery
Size:	height 12.8 cm, max. diam. 18 cm
Condition:	complete
Archaeological culture:	La Tène D 1
Date:	late 2nd c. BC
Date derived from:	typology
Site:	Locarno (Ticino, Switzerland)
Field name:	Solduno
Archaeological context:	grave E 12
Coordinates (approx.):	46° 10' 12.67" N, 8° 46' 42.25" E
Find date:	1946
Current location:	Museo Civico e Archeologico Castello Visconteo (Locarno)
Inventory no.:	134.1946.155
Inscription:	TI·21 (ateratos)
Alternative sigla:	Tibiletti Bruno 1981: 4 Solinas 1995: 26 Motta 2000: 27 Morandi 2004: 21
Sources:	Morandi 2004: 530 f. no. 21

Images

Bottle TI·21 Locarno with inscription TI·21 from Solinas

Fiasca a trottola TI·21 Locarno

Fiasca a trottola TI·21 Locarno with inscription TI·21

Fiasca a trottola TI·21 Locarno

Commentary

Images in Stöckli 1975: pl. 41 (E12), Morandi 1999: 196, pl. VI.1 (photo = Morandi 2004: 783, tav. VI.21).

Well-preserved fiasca a trottola painted with concentric brown circles. Dating according to Morandi 1999: 167 f., no. 11 (type II of Negroni Catacchio 1975: 339). See also Stöckli 1975: 54, no. 14, 179, Crivelli 1939, Crivelli 1943.

Bibliography

De Marinis & Biaggio Simona 2000	Raffaele C. De Marinis, Simonetta Biaggio Simona (eds), I leponti tra mito e realtà. Raccolta di saggi in occasione della mostra Locarno, Castello Visconteo - Casorella, 20 maggio - 3 dicembre 2000, Verbania: Armando Dadò Editore 2000.