NO·1 Castelletto sopra Ticino

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Object
Classification:	beaker
Material:	pottery
Size:
Extension (h):	7.6 cm2.992 in <br />
Diameter (max.):	8.6 cm3.386 in <br />
Colour:	blackish brown
Surface treatment:	polished
Condition:	unknown
Archaeological culture:	Golasecca II A
Date:	middle of 6th century BC
Date derived from:	typology
Site:	Castelletto sopra Ticino (Novara, Piemonte, Italy)
Field name:	Cascina Baraggia
Archaeological context:	cist grave (delimited by granite slabs)
Coordinates (approx.):	45° 43' 8.40" N, 8° 38' 13.20" E [from site]
Find date:	1985
Find circumstances:	salvage excavation
Finder:	Soprintendenza Archeologica del Piemonte
Current location:	Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici del Piemonte (Torino)
Inventory no.:	St 51899
Inscription:	NO·1 (§χosioiso §)
Alternative sigla:	Solinas 1995: 113 bis Morandi 2004: 74
Sources:	Morandi 2004: 569-570 Solinas 1995: 369 Gambari & Colonna 1986: 119-129

Images

Drawing of beaker NO·1 Castelletto sopra Ticino from Gambari & Colonna 1988

Photo of beaker NO·1 Castelletto sopra Ticino with symbol from Gambari & Colonna 1988

Beaker NO·1 Castelletto sopra Ticino with inscription NO·1

Beaker NO·1 Castelletto sopra Ticino with mark on the foot

Symbol after inscription NO·1

Commentary

The beaker was collocated inside the urn with the ashes of the deceased and other metal artifacts. Probably these objects were, since deposited inside the urn, personal objects of the deceased. The grave can be dated to the horizon Golasecca II A - II B (2^nd - 3^rd quarter of the 6^th century, Gambari & Colonna 1986: 120, 128-129). (Morandi after Gambari: Ticino A) The shape of the beaker is archaic, probably derived from metal object types (Morandi 1999: 153, Gambari & Colonna 1986: 126-127).