VB·14 Ornavasso

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Object
Classification: bowl
Archaeological Type: patera, terra sigillata

Material: pottery
Size: unknown
Condition: fragmentary

Archaeological culture: Roman imperial period
Date: first half of 1nd c. AD (?)

Site: Ornavasso (Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piemonte, Italy)
Field name: In Persona
Archaeological context: grave 124
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)

Inscription: VB·14 (]antionis)

Alternative sigla: Whatmough 1933 (PID): 316
Morandi 2004: 58

Sources: Morandi 2004: 559 no. 58

Commentary

Terra sigillata patera found in the inhumation grave no. 124 of the In Persona necropolis; terminus post quem based on an associated coin find according to 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.