VB·1 Ornavasso
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| Classification: | bottle |
| Archaeological Type: | fiasca a trottola |
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| Material: | pottery |
| Size: | height 15.9 cm, max. diam. 22 cm, foot diam. 11.2 cm, mouth diam. 2.1 cm |
| Condition: | complete, broken, repaired |
| Autopsy by: | Corinna Salomon |
| Date of autopsy: | Apr 20 2024 |
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| Archaeological culture: | La Tène D 1 |
| Date: | late 2nd–early 1st c. BC |
| Date derived from: | typology, archaeological context |
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| Site: | Ornavasso (Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piemonte, Italy) |
| Field name: | San Bernardo |
| Archaeological context: | grave 29 |
| Coordinates (approx.): | 45° 59' 2.22" N, 8° 24' 11.87" E |
| Find date: | 1890–1893 |
| Find circumstances: | excavation |
| Finder: | Enrico Bianchetti |
| Current location: | Museo del Paesaggio – Sezione archeologica ‟Enrico Bianchetti” (Ornavasso) |
| Inventory no.: | 321 (261) |
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| Inscription: | VB·1 (ṣasamos) |
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| Alternative sigla: | Whatmough 1933 (PID): 305 Tibiletti Bruno 1981: 11 Solinas 1995: 129 Morandi 2004: 45 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 547 no. 45 |
Images
 Bottle VB·1 Ornavasso from Morandi 1999
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 Flask VB·1 Ornavasso with inscription VB·1
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Commentary
Images in Piana Agostinetti 1972: 65 (drawing), Morandi 1999: 194, pl. 7.1 (photo).
Found in the inhumation grave no. 29 of the San Bernardo necropolis (Bianchetti 1895: 117 f. with list of furniture); one side of the body is smashed, but reconstructed from the fragments. Dated to Graue II according to Morandi. See also Piana Agostinetti 1972: 65, Graue 1974: 219, Piana Agostinetti 1997–1999 II: 35.
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. |
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