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Revision as of 12:41, 15 May 2024
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| Classification: | stela |
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| Material: | stone |
| Size: | height 139 cm, width 39–45 cm, thickness 7–9 cm |
| Condition: | complete |
| Autopsy by: | Corinna Salomon |
| Date of autopsy: | Apr 20 2024 |
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| Archaeological culture: | La Tène D 2 |
| Date: | 1st c. BC |
| Date derived from: | typology, archaeological context |
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| Site: | Stresa (Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piemonte, Italy) |
| Field name: | Levo |
| Coordinates (approx.): | 45° 53' 2.87" N, 8° 30' 27.10" E |
| Find date: | 1887 |
| Find circumstances: | construction work |
| Current location: | Oratorio dei S.S. Giacomo e Filippo (Levo) |
| Inventory no.: | none |
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| Inscription: | VB·28 (namu/esopnio) |
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| Alternative sigla: | Whatmough 1933 (PID): 303 Tibiletti Bruno 1981: 18 Solinas 1995: 127 Morandi 2004: 71 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 567 f. no. 71 |
Images
 Stela VB·28 Stresa with inscription VB·28 from Solinas 1995
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 Stela VB·28 Stresa with inscription VB·28
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Commentary
Image in Solinas 1995: tav. 68a (photo).
Mica schist stela with (not too smoothly) curved top; see Levo for the find circumstances and context. According to Ferrero 1897: 57, the tomb associated with the stela contained an iron lance head. The stela is displayed in the open vestibule of the church. The shape of the stone is similar to that of one of the Roman stelae (VB·30 Stresa) from Levo. The gravestones from the Verbano cannot be marshalled into a clear chronological order, as factors like stone shape, frames, writing direction, letter forms and language/text formula appear in almost free combination; cf. Mainardis 2009: 337 f., who points out that one stonemason/workshop would be able to produce stelae according to more traditional or modern tastes all dating to roughly the same time. Morandi's dating to the late 2nd c. BC in any case seems too early; we prefer to date the Verbano stones with epichoric inscriptions roughly to the 1st c. BC.
Bibliography
| Caramella & De Giuli 1993 | Pierangelo Caramella, Alberto De Giuli, Archeologia dell'Alto Novarese, Mergozzo: Antiquarium Mergozzo 1993. |
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| Ferrero 1897 | Ermanno Ferrero, "Iscrizioni di Chignolo Verbano", Atti della Società di Archeologia e Belle Arti per la provincia di Torino 7 (1897), 56–60. |
