VB·16 Ornavasso

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Object
Classification:	bottle
Archaeological Type:	fiasca a trottola
Material:	pottery
Size:	height 16.5 cm, max. diam. 26.6 cm, foot diam. 11.4 cm
Condition:	complete
Archaeological culture:	La Tène D
Date:	1st c. BC
Site:	Ornavasso (Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piemonte, Italy)
Field name:	San Bernardo
Archaeological context:	grave 37
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.:	325
Inscription:	VB·16 (uasekia)
Alternative sigla:	Whatmough 1933 (PID): 306 Tibiletti Bruno 1981: 12 Solinas 1995: 130 Morandi 2004: 47
Sources:	Morandi 2004: 549 f. no. 47

Images

Bottle VB·16 Ornavasso from Morandi 1999

Detail of VB·16 Ornavasso with inscription VB·16

Commentary

Image in Morandi 1999: 195, pl. 8.1 (photo = Morandi 2004: tav. IX.47).

Vaso a trottola painted with concentric white bands on the shoulder and bottom found in the inhumation grave no. 37 of the San Bernardo necropolis. Dating from Morandi 1999: 170 following Piana Agostinetti 1972: 74, 250 f.

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.