VB·25 Stresa

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Object
Classification:	stela
Material:	stone
Size:	height 55 cm, width 56–60 cm, thickness 7.5 cm
Condition:	fragmentary
Archaeological culture:	Roman imperial period
Date:	1st c. BC
Site:	Stresa (Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piemonte, Italy)
Field name:	Brisino
Archaeological context:	medieval tomb (Objects: VB·22 Stresa, VB·23 Stresa, VB·24 Stresa, VB·25 Stresa)
Coordinates (approx.):	45° 52' 8.04" N, 8° 33' 29.44" E
Find date:	1975
Current location:	Museo Civico Antiquarium (Mergozzo)
Inscription:	VB·25 (luto/artonis:f)
Alternative sigla:	Tibiletti Bruno 1981: 15b Morandi 2004: 68
Sources:	Morandi 2004: 565 no. 68

Images

Stela VB·25 Stresa with inscription VB·25 from De Giuli 1979

Stela VB·25 Stresa with inscription VB·25

Commentary

Image in De Giuli 1979: 249, fig. 4 (photo).

Fragment of the rounded top of a mica schist stela, found together with VB·22 Stresa, VB·23 Stresa, VB·24 Stresa; see Brisino for the find circumstances and context. The stela shape at Brisino is very similar to that of the documents from Levo; De Giuli 1979: 251 mentions the possibility that the Brisino stones may come from the same site as the finds in Levo. Dating from Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg (HD001987). See also Caramella & De Giuli 1993: 207.

Bibliography

AE	Various authors, L'année épigraphique, Paris: 1888–.
Caramella & De Giuli 1993	Pierangelo Caramella, Alberto De Giuli, Archeologia dell'Alto Novarese, Mergozzo: Antiquarium Mergozzo 1993.
De Giuli 1978	Alberto De Giuli, "Le stele funerarie di Brisino", Bollettino Storico per la Provincia di Novara 69/1 (1978), 13–20.
De Giuli 1979	Alberto De Giuli, "Le stele funerarie di Brisino", Sibrium 14 (1978–1979), 245–252.