TI·23 Locarno

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Object
Classification:	pot
Archaeological Type:	olla
Material:	pottery
Size:
Extension (h):	12 cm4.724 in <br />
Diameter (max.):	12 cm4.724 in <br />
Condition:	fragmentary, repaired
Archaeological culture:	La Tène D
Date:	end of 2nd - beginning of 1st century BC
Date derived from:	unknown
Site:	Locarno (Ticino, Switzerland)
Field name:	Solduno
Archaeological context:	grave D 38
Coordinates (approx.):	46° 10' 12.67" N, 8° 46' 42.25" E
Find date:	1939
Current location:	Museo Civico e Archeologico Castello Visconteo (Locarno)
Inventory no.:	134.1939.133
Inscription:	TI·23 (setupokios)
Alternative sigla:	Tibiletti Bruno 1981: 5 Solinas 1995: 24 Motta 2000: 25 Morandi 2004: 24
Sources:	Morandi 2004: 532 & 784 (pl. VII.24) Motta 2000: 214 Solinas 1995: 329 Stöckli 1975: pl. 39 Tibiletti Bruno 1981: 159

Images

Olla TI·23 Locarno from Motta

Olla TI·23 Locarno

Olla TI·23 Locarno with inscription TI·23

Olla TI·23 Locarno

Commentary

Chronology: dating of the object after Morandi 1999: 166, fn. 54

• Stöckli 1975: 53, n. 5, 177, pl. 39 (D38) -> dated LT D
• Crivelli in Società Archeologica Comense 1982: I & II (?) -> dated 155-89 BC

cf. different dating of Solinas 1995: 329, Tibiletti Bruno 1981: 159; see TI·25 Locarno

Bibliography

Crivelli 1939	Aldo Crivelli, "La necropoli preromana di Solduno", Rivista Storica Ticinese 2/3 (1939), 193–200.
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.