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|type_object=stela
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|material=stone
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|dimension=length 48 cm, breadth 27 cm, width 10.5 cm
|dimension=length 48 cm, width 27 cm, thickness 10.5 cm
|dimension_max=48 cm
|dimension_max=48 cm
|condition=fragmentary
|condition=fragmentary
|culture_archaeological=unknown
|culture_archaeological=La Tène B, La Tène C
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|date=unknown
|date=4<sup>th</sup>–mid-2<sup>nd</sup> c. BC
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|site=Sonvico
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Images in {{bib|Dell'Era 2018}}: 153, fig. 1 (photo) and fig. 2 (drawing).
Images in {{bib|Dell'Era 2018}}: 153, fig. 1 (photo) and fig. 2 (drawing).


The fragment of a stela was found built into a wall of the Villa Elena in Dino during preparations for the building's renovation. It is possible, but not certain that it was originally unearthed at the site of the Villa during its construction in 1888.
Fragment of a mica schist stela found built into a wall of the Villa Elena in Dino during preparations for the building's renovation. It is possible, but not certain that it was originally unearthed at the site of the Villa during its construction in 1888. See the inscription page on the typological/palaeographical dating.
 
Representing the upper part of a stela of mica schist, the fragment shows that the stela bore a stylised human shape formed of two parallel vertical lines ending in a circle, with an inscription between the two lines, as known from many other Cisalpine Celtic funerary monuments. See {{bib|Dell'Era 2018}}: 154 on different typologies.
<p style="text-align:right;>[[User:Corinna Salomon|Corinna Salomon]]</p>
<p style="text-align:right;>[[User:Corinna Salomon|Corinna Salomon]]</p>
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Revision as of 16:52, 14 October 2023

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Object
Classification: stela
Material: stone
Size: length 48 cm, width 27 cm, thickness 10.5 cm
Condition: fragmentary
Archaeological culture: La Tène B, La Tène C
Date: 4th–mid-2nd c. BC
Site: Sonvico (fraction of: Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland)
Field name: Dino
Archaeological context: stray find
Coordinates (approx.): 46° 3' 9.21" N, 8° 59' 6.75" E
Find date: 2007
Find circumstances: restauration work
Finder: Danila Nova-Toscanelli, Arnoldo Ghirlanda-Lepori
Current location: Ufficio Cantonale dei Beni Culturali (Bellinzona)
Inventory no.: 232.2007.1
Inscription: TI·54 (]uikalai)
Alternative sigla: none
Sources: Dell'Era 2018: 151 f.

Images

TI·54 Sonvico
Stela TI·54 Sonvico with inscription TI·54

Commentary

Images in Dell'Era 2018: 153, fig. 1 (photo) and fig. 2 (drawing).

Fragment of a mica schist stela found built into a wall of the Villa Elena in Dino during preparations for the building's renovation. It is possible, but not certain that it was originally unearthed at the site of the Villa during its construction in 1888. See the inscription page on the typological/palaeographical dating.

Corinna Salomon

Bibliography

Dell’Era 2018 Romeo Dell'Era, "Una stele con iscrizione celtica individuata a Dino (Lugano, Canton Ticino)", Quaderni Ticinesi di Numismatica e Antichità Classiche 47 (2018), 151–157.
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