VB·30 Stresa

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Object
Classification:	stela
Material:	stone
Size:	height 125 cm, width 45 cm, thickness 5.5 cm
Condition:	unknown
Archaeological culture:	unknown
Date:	first half of 1st century BC
Date derived from:	palaeography
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:	Museo di Antichità (Torino)
Inventory no.:	St 497
Inscription:	VB·30 (surica/ciponis/f)
Alternative sigla:	Whatmough 1933 (PID): note xvii (a) Tibiletti Bruno 1981: 18b Morandi 2004: 73
Sources:	Morandi 2004: 569 no. 73

Images

Stela VB·30 Stresa with inscription VB·30

Commentary

Mica schist stela with rounded top; see Levo for the find circumstances and context. Bought by Fabretti for the museum in Torino (De-Vit in Ferrero 1889: 262). Dating from Morandi.

Bibliography

Caramella & De Giuli 1993	Pierangelo Caramella, Alberto De Giuli, Archeologia dell'Alto Novarese, Mergozzo: Antiquarium Mergozzo 1993.
Ferrero 1889	Ermanno Ferrero, "Regione XI. (Transpadana)", Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità (1889), 261–262.