VB·28 Stresa

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Object
Classification:	stela
Material:	stone
Size:	height 139 cm, width 40 cm, thickness 8 cm
Condition:	unknown
Archaeological culture:	unknown
Date:	end of 2nd / 1st century BC
Date derived from:	palaeography
Site:	Stresa (Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piemonte, Italy)
Field name:	Levo
Coordinates (approx.):	45° 53' 2.87" N, 8° 30' 27.10" E
Find date:	1887
Find circumstances:	construction work
Current location:	Santuario dei S.S. Giacomo e Filippo (Levo)
Inscription:	VB·28 (namu/esopnio)
Alternative sigla:	Whatmough 1933 (PID): 303 Tibiletti Bruno 1981: 18 Solinas 1995: 127 Morandi 2004: 71
Sources:	Morandi 2004: 567 f. no. 71

Images

Stela VB·28 Stresa with inscription VB·28 from Solinas 1995

Stela VB·28 Stresa with inscription VB·28

Commentary

Image in Solinas 1995: tav. 68a (photo).

Mica schist stela with rounded top; see Levo for the find circumstances and context. According to Ferrero 1897: 57, the tomb associated with the stela contained an iron lance head. Dating from Morandi/Solinas.

Bibliography

Caramella & De Giuli 1993	Pierangelo Caramella, Alberto De Giuli, Archeologia dell'Alto Novarese, Mergozzo: Antiquarium Mergozzo 1993.
Ferrero 1897	Ermanno Ferrero, "Iscrizioni di Chignolo Verbano", Atti della Società di Archeologia e Belle Arti per la provincia di Torino 7 (1897), 56–60.