VB·4 Ornavasso

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Object
Classification: bottle
Archaeological Type: fiasca a trottola

Material: pottery
Size: height 14.4 cm, max. diam. 21.1 cm, foot diam. 9.3 cm, mouth diam. 2.2 cm
Condition: complete, damaged
Autopsy by: Corinna Salomon
Date of autopsy: Apr 20 2024

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

Site: Ornavasso (Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piemonte, Italy)
Field name: San Bernardo
Archaeological context: grave 105
Coordinates (approx.): 45° 59' 1.82" N, 8° 24' 12.25" E
Find date: 1890–1893
Find circumstances: excavation
Finder: Enrico Bianchetti
Current location: Museo del Paesaggio – Sezione archeologica "Enrico Bianchetti" (Ornavasso)
Inventory no.: 705 (562)

Inscription: VB·4 (atios)

Alternative sigla: Whatmough 1933 (PID): 308
Solinas 1995: 132
Morandi 2004: 49

Sources: Morandi 2004: 553 no. 49

Images

Commentary

Image in Morandi 1999: 196, 9.2 (photo = Morandi 2004: tav. X.49).

Vaso a trottola with one white circular band painted on the shoulder, found in the inhumation grave no. 105 of the San Bernardo necropolis (Bianchetti 1895: 153 f. with list of furniture); in perfect condition apart from a small hole in the side. Dating according to Morandi 1999: 172 with n. 74 based on coins found in the grave, following Piana Agostinetti 1972: 116.

Corinna Salomon

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.