TI·37 Viganello
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| Classification: | stela |
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| Material: | stone |
| Material composition: | mica schist |
| Size: | length 105 cm, width 32 cm |
| Condition: | fragmentary |
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| Archaeological culture: | La Tène B, La Tène C |
| Date: | 4th–mid-2nd c. BC |
| Date derived from: | typology |
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| Site: | Viganello (fraction of: Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland) |
| Coordinates (approx.): | 46° 0' 57.02" N, 8° 58' 17.37" E |
| Find date: | 1853 |
| Current location: | unknown |
| Inventory no.: | 250.1853.1 |
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| Inscription: | TI·37 (ṣụnaḷei:makọ[) |
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| Alternative sigla: | Whatmough 1933 (PID): 270 Solinas 1995: 28 Morandi 2004: 35 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 540 f. no. 35 |
Commentary
Fragment of a mica schist slab or stela, found in the oratory of San Siro, where it formed the threshold to the presbytery (Giussani 1902: 39 f.). Retrieved from the collapsed building in 1948, the fragment was brought to the Museo Storico in Lugano, where it suffered the same fate as the other inscribed stones which were erstwhile housed there – it is currently untraceable. Dating according to De Marinis & Motta 1991: 206, who tentatively classify the document as their type C (with stylised feet, one of which is in evidence in Giussani's drawing).
