VA·29 Gallarate

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Object
Classification:	bowl
Archaeological Type:	patera
Material:	pottery
Size:	height 4.9 cm, mouth diam. 28.1 cm, foot diam. 8.6 cm
Condition:	complete
Autopsy by:	Corinna Salomon
Date of autopsy:	Apr 29 2022
Archaeological culture:	La Tène D 1
Date:	125–75 BC
Date derived from:	typology, archaeological context
Site:	Gallarate (Varese, Lombardia, Italy)
Field name:	Piazza Ponti
Coordinates (approx.):	45° 39' 32.20" N, 8° 47' 37.94" E
Find date:	1949
Current location:	Museo della Società Gallaratese di Studi Patri (Gallarate)
Inventory no.:	St 51123
Inscription:	VA·29 (kat)
Alternative sigla:	Solinas 1995: 116 Morandi 2004: 129
Sources:	Morandi 2004: 608 no. 129

Images

Patera VA·29 Gallarate with inscription VA·29

Patera VA·29 Gallarate

Commentary

Images in Bertolone 1950: 69, fig. 2.8 (drawing), Tizzoni 1981: tav. 9e (drawing), Rapi 2009: 694, fig. 1.1 (drawing).

Large unglazed patera imitating black-glazed ware of type Lamboglia 6 (Della Porta et al. 1998: 219); detailed description in Tizzoni 1981: 13, no. 5. Found in a late La Tène grave of a male. Dating from Rapi 2009: 693.

Corinna Salomon

Bibliography

Bertolone 1950	Mario Bertolone, "Notiziario Archeologico", Rassegna Storica del Seprio 9–10 (1949–1950), 67–77.
Della Porta et al. 1998	Carola DellaPorta, Nicoletta Sfredda, Gabriella Tassinari, "Ceramiche comuni", in: Gloria Olcese (ed.), Ceramiche in Lombardia tra II secolo a.C. e VII secolo d.C. Raccolta dei dati editi, Mantova: Editrice S.A.P. 1998, 133–229.