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|type_object=stela | |type_object=stela | ||
|material=stone | |material=stone | ||
| | |dimension=max. height 105 cm, max. width 72 cm, thickness 16 cm (of fragment) | ||
|dimension_max=105 cm | |||
|condition=broken, fragmentary, repaired | |||
|autopsy=Corinna Salomon | |||
| | |date_autopsy=Apr 24 2024 | ||
|condition=fragmentary, repaired | |||
|culture_archaeological=unknown | |culture_archaeological=unknown | ||
|sortdate=- | |sortdate=-60 | ||
|date= | |date=1<sup>st</sup> c. BC | ||
|date_derivation=palaeography | |date_derivation=palaeography | ||
|site=Cureggio | |site=Cureggio | ||
|coordinate_n=45.67529851183434 | |||
|coordinate_e=8.461698889732363 | |||
|find_circumstances=survey | |||
|sortdate_find=1983 | |sortdate_find=1983 | ||
|location=Museo di Antichità (Torino) | |location=Musei Reali – Museo di Antichità (Torino) | ||
|inventory_number=none | |inventory_number=none | ||
|solinas=123 | |solinas=123 | ||
|morandi=96 | |morandi=96 | ||
|source_detail=Morandi 2004: 564 | |source_detail=Morandi 2004: 564 no. 96 | ||
|checklevel= | |checklevel=1 | ||
|problem=dating | |||
}} | }} | ||
== Commentary == | |||
Images in {{bib|Gambari 1984}}: tav. LXXXV A (photo of two fragments), {{bib|Gambari 1991}}: 231, fig. 2 (photo), {{bib|Morandi 2004}}: tav. XII.96 (photo) | |||
The roughly rectangular orthogneiss slab which is preserved represents the remains of what must have been a stela of considerable size, viz. well over 1 m in width (1.2 m and weighing up to a tonne according to {{bib|Gambari 1991}}: 228). It is broken into four adjacent fragments, which were found during a survey of the church S. Maria Assunta among a heap of slabs beside an outside wall; only two fragments were published initially ({{bib|Gambari 1984}}), but the ensuing search for the rest of the stela yielded two more soon afterward. Remains of plaster, which were removed during the restauration and repair of the slab in the 1980s, show that the slab was used as building material for the church, and was cast aside during a renovation. The round recess on the right of the upper corner is thought to have been created intentionally when the slab was incorporated into the wall; the disintegration into four pieces was caused by a hammer blow in the upper area (today covered with filling material), conceivably when the slab was removed from the wall. The stone comes from the Pennidico inferiore of the Monte Rosa or Ossola region, probably transported to the Agogna valley by a glacier. The surface bearing the inscription was smoothed. See {{bib|Gambari 1991}}: 227–229. | |||
<p style="text-align:right;>[[User:Corinna Salomon|Corinna Salomon]]</p> | |||
{{bibliography}} | {{bibliography}} | ||
Latest revision as of 20:00, 19 October 2024
| Object | |
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| Classification: | stela |
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| Material: | stone |
| Size: | max. height 105 cm, max. width 72 cm, thickness 16 cm (of fragment) |
| Condition: | broken, fragmentary, repaired |
| Autopsy by: | Corinna Salomon |
| Date of autopsy: | Apr 24 2024 |
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| Archaeological culture: | unknown |
| Date: | 1st c. BC |
| Date derived from: | palaeography |
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| Site: | Cureggio (Novara, Piemonte, Italy) |
| Coordinates (approx.): | 45° 40' 31.07" N, 8° 27' 42.12" E |
| Find date: | 1983 |
| Find circumstances: | survey |
| Current location: | Musei Reali – Museo di Antichità (Torino) |
| Inventory no.: | none |
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| Inscription: | NO·20 (]?ọ[/]ṭọ[]ịkṇọṣ/ṃatopokios/sola/nimoniknạ) |
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| Alternative sigla: | Solinas 1995: 123 Morandi 2004: 96 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 564 no. 96 |
Images
 Fragment NO·20 Cureggio with inscription NO·20 from Morandi 2004
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 Fragment NO·20 Cureggio with inscription NO·20
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Commentary
Images in Gambari 1984: tav. LXXXV A (photo of two fragments), Gambari 1991: 231, fig. 2 (photo), Morandi 2004: tav. XII.96 (photo)
The roughly rectangular orthogneiss slab which is preserved represents the remains of what must have been a stela of considerable size, viz. well over 1 m in width (1.2 m and weighing up to a tonne according to Gambari 1991: 228). It is broken into four adjacent fragments, which were found during a survey of the church S. Maria Assunta among a heap of slabs beside an outside wall; only two fragments were published initially (Gambari 1984), but the ensuing search for the rest of the stela yielded two more soon afterward. Remains of plaster, which were removed during the restauration and repair of the slab in the 1980s, show that the slab was used as building material for the church, and was cast aside during a renovation. The round recess on the right of the upper corner is thought to have been created intentionally when the slab was incorporated into the wall; the disintegration into four pieces was caused by a hammer blow in the upper area (today covered with filling material), conceivably when the slab was removed from the wall. The stone comes from the Pennidico inferiore of the Monte Rosa or Ossola region, probably transported to the Agogna valley by a glacier. The surface bearing the inscription was smoothed. See Gambari 1991: 227–229.
Bibliography
| Gambari 1984 | Filippo M. Gambari, "Cureggio. Stele di reimpiego con iscrizione preromana", Quaderni della Soprintendenza Archeologica del Piemonte 3 (1984), 263. |
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| Gambari 1991 | Filippo M. Gambari, "La stele di Cureggio: una nuova iscrizione epicorica preromana dal Novarese", Sibrium 21 (1990–1991), 227–237. |
