VB·25 Stresa
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| Classification: | stela |
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| Material: | stone |
| Size: | max. height 66 cm, max. width 66 cm, thickness 7.5 cm |
| Condition: | fragmentary |
| Autopsy by: | Corinna Salomon |
| Date of autopsy: | Apr 20 2024 |
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| Archaeological culture: | Roman imperial period |
| Date: | 1st c. AD |
| Date derived from: | typology |
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| 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) |
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| Inscription: | VB·25 (luto/artonis:f) |
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| Alternative sigla: | Tibiletti Bruno 1981: 15b Morandi 2004: 68 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 565 no. 68 |
Images
 Stela VB·25 Stresa with inscription VB·25 from De Giuli 1979
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 Stela VB·25 Stresa with inscription VB·25
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Commentary
Image in De Giuli 1979: 249, fig. 4 (photo).
Fragment of the rounded top of a mica schist stela, found in secondary context together with VB·22 Stresa, VB·23 Stresa, VB·24 Stresa; see Brisino for the find circumstances and context. The shape of the Roman stelae at Brisino (also VB·24 Stresa) 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, though it seems quite possible that a pre-Roman/Roman necropolis existed in Brisino in the area of the Chiesa di Sant'Albino. Cf. Mainardis 2009: 337 f., who assumes the existence of a single workshop for the Stresa stelae. Dating from Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg (HD001987). See also Caramella & De Giuli 1993: 207.
Bibliography
| AE | Various authors, L'année épigraphique, Paris: 1888–. |
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| 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. |
