VB·11 Ornavasso

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Object
Classification: cup
Archaeological Type: terra sigillata, Dragendorff 31

Material: pottery
Size: height 6.9 cm, max. diam. 19.9 cm
Condition: unknown

Archaeological culture: Roman imperial period
Date: 55–90 AD

Site: Ornavasso (Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piemonte, Italy)
Field name: In Persona
Archaeological context: grave 153
(Objects: VB·11 Ornavasso, VB·12 Ornavasso, VB·13 Ornavasso)
Coordinates (approx.): 45° 58' 8.40" N, 8° 24' 57.60" E [from site]
Find date: 1890–1893
Find circumstances: excavation
Finder: Enrico Bianchetti
Current location: Museo del Paesaggio (Verbania Pallanza)

Inscription: VB·11 (sabi)

Alternative sigla: Whatmough 1933 (PID): 314
Morandi 2004: 56

Sources: Morandi 2004: 557 f. no. 56

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Commentary

Cup type Dragendorff 31 found in the inhumation grave no. 153 of the In Persona necropolis, together with VB·12 Ornavasso, VB·13 Ornavasso, VB·15 Ornavasso. Dating according to Morandi.

Bibliography

Bianchetti 1895 Enrico Bianchetti, I sepolcreti di Ornavasso [= Atti della Società di Archeologia e Belle Arti della provincia di Torino 6], Torino: Paravia 1895.