VB·6 Ornavasso

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Object
Classification: bowl
Archaeological Type: patera

Material: pottery
Size: max diam. 20.4 cm, foot diam. 7.1 cm, height 4.6 cm
Condition: complete

Archaeological culture: La Tène D
Date: first half of 1st c. BC

Site: Ornavasso (Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piemonte, Italy)
Field name: San Bernardo
Archaeological context: grave 16
Coordinates (approx.): 45° 58' 8.40" N, 8° 24' 57.60" E [from site]
Find date: 1890–1893
Find circumstances: excavation
Finder: Enrico Bianchetti
Current location: Museo del Paesaggio (Verbania Pallanza)
Inventory no.: 204

Inscription: VB·6 (kia)

Alternative sigla: Whatmough 1933 (PID): 309
Solinas 1995: 133
Morandi 2004: 51

Sources: Morandi 2004: 554 no. 51

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Commentary

Flat dish found in the inhumation grave no. 16 of the San Bernardo necropolis. Dating from Morandi.

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.