VB·23 Stresa

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Object
Classification:	stela
Material:	stone
Size:	height 85 cm, width 70–78 cm, thickness 6 cm
Condition:	fragmentary
Archaeological culture:	La Tène D
Date:	1st c. BC
Date derived from:	palaeography
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' 5.77" N, 8° 33' 33.42" E
Find date:	1975
Current location:	Museo Civico Antiquarium (Mergozzo)
Inscription:	VB·23 (kiketụ/ṛẹṭalos)
Alternative sigla:	Tibiletti Bruno 1981: 15 Solinas 1995: 121 Morandi 2004: 66
Sources:	Morandi 2004: 564 no. 66

Images

Gravestone from Bee with Latin inscription

Stela VB·23 Stresa with inscription VB·23 from De Giuli 1979

Stela VB·23 Stresa with inscription VB·23

Commentar

Image in De Giuli 1979: 247, fig. 2 (photo).

Fragment (upper part) of a mica schist stela, found together with VB·22 Stresa, VB·24 Stresa, VB·25 Stresa; see Brisino for the find circumstances and context. The original shape/size of the stone is unclear, but was clearly different from that of the stelae with Latin inscriptions from Brisino (VB·24 Stresa, VB·25 Stresa) and both epichoric and Latin 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 according to Tibiletti Bruno 1979: 254; Morandi says late 2^nd c. BC. See also Caramella & De Giuli 1993: 207.

Bibliography

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.