MS·1 Aulla
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| Proper name: | Stela di Bigliolo |
| Classification: | stela |
| Archaeological Type: | statue stela, type C (Ambrosi) |
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| Material: | stone |
| Material composition: | sandstone |
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| Extension (h×w×d): | 94 cm37.008 in <br /> × 65 cm25.591 in <br /> × 10 cm3.937 in <br /> |
| Colour: | light brown |
| Condition: | complete |
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| Archaeological culture: | unknown |
| Date: | middle - end of 6th century BC |
| Date derived from: | palaeography, typology |
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| Site: | Aulla (Massa-Carrara, Toscana, Italy) |
| Field name: | Bigliolo |
| Coordinates (approx.): | 44° 14' 1.95" N, 10° 3' 2.24" E |
| Find date: | 1975 |
| Find circumstances: | by chance |
| Current location: | Museo delle Statue Stele Lunigianesi (Pontremoli) |
| Inventory no.: | 48 |
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| Inscription: | MS·1 (vẹmetụvis) |
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| Alternative sigla: | Morandi 2004: 273 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 697 Maggiani 1987: 437 & 439 |
Images
 Stela MS·1 Aulla with inscription MS·1 vemetuvis
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Commentary
See a short description on the Museum's internet pages.
- Maggiani 1987: 437, 439, 441 pl. 1 fig. 1-2
- Ambrosi 1975: 96-97, nr. 48
- Maggiani & Prosdocimi 1976: 260-263
- Ambrosi 1981: 143-144
The monuments from the Lunigiana are dated by typological analogy, since no archaeological context is known (apart from the Stela di Minucciano, see therefore Ambrosi & Mannoni 1972: 244). The weapons depicted on the stelae can be compared with known archaeological types from the Hallstatt culture and etruscan (Este?) culture: "Antenna dagger" ("Antennendolch") from Ha C2, Ha D2 (dated in Golasecca area between 2nd half of the 7th and 1st half of the 6t century BC) and socketed axe with rectangular blade from the Etruscan context (2nd quarter of the 6t century BC. Maggiani 1987: 438, fn. 6; there cited literature for Hallstatt parallels: De Marinis 1975: 262-265, Stary 1981: 300-301, Etruscan parallels: Stary 1981: I 86-87, II 457 (Map E1, Type W 46)). Cf. De Marinis 1988: 254 ("alfabeto etrusco, secondo Maggiani di derivazione Chiusina")
Lunigiana stelae:
- Ambrosi 1969: 35-36
- Maggiani 1976: 49, fn. 27-29
- Anati 1972: 92
Bibliography
| De Marinis 1988 | Raffaele De Marinis, "Liguri e Celto-Liguri", in: Anna Maria Chieco Bianchi, Giovanni Colonna, Bruno d'Agostino, Francesco d'Andria, Ettore M. de Juliis, Raffaele de Marinis, Venceslas Kruta, Maurizio Landolfi, Francesco Roncalli (eds), Italia omnium terrarum alumna. La civiltà dei Veneti, Reti, Liguri, Celti, Piceni, Umbri, Latini, Campani e Iapigi, Milano: Scheiwiller 1988, 159–259. |
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