VB·16 Ornavasso
From Lexicon Leponticum
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| Classification: | bottle |
| Archaeological Type: | fiasca a trottola, Kreiselflasche |
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| Material: | pottery |
| Size: | |
| Extension (h): | 16.5 cm6.496 in <br /> |
| Diameter (max.): | 26.6 cm10.472 in <br /> |
| Ornament: | |
| Manner: | painted |
| Design: | concentric white bands |
| Condition: | complete |
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| Archaeological culture: | La Tène D 1 |
| Date: | Graue II |
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| 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: | end of the 1980's |
| Find circumstances: | excavation |
| Finder: | Enrico Bianchetti (archaeological director) |
| Current location: | Museo del Paesaggio (Verbania Pallanza) |
| Inventory no.: | 325 |
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| Inscription: | VB·16 (uasekia) |
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| Alternative sigla: | Whatmough 1933 (PID): 306 Tibiletti Bruno 1981: 12 Solinas 1995: 130 Morandi 2004: 47 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 549-550 & 786 (pl. IX.47) Solinas 1995: 376 Tibiletti Bruno 1981: 165 |
Images
 Bottle VB·16 Ornavasso from Morandi 1999
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 Detail of VB·16 Ornavasso with inscription VB·16
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Commentary
There has also been found an as with a dove in the same grave (Tibiletti Bruno 1981: 165). Dating:
- Piana Agostinetti 1972: 74, 250-251
- Graue 1974: 221 (after Morandi 1999: 170 fn. 69 type I!)
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. |
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