VB·22 Stresa

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Object
Classification:	stela
Material:	stone
Material composition:	mica schist
Shape:	approximately trapezoid
Size:
Extension (h×w×d):	58 cm22.835 in <br /> × 55 cm21.654 in <br /> × 6 cm2.362 in <br />
Condition:	unknown
Archaeological culture:	unknown
Date:	end of 2nd / 1st century BC
Date derived from:	palaeography
Site:	Stresa (Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piemonte, Italy)
Field name:	Brisino, Le Piane
Archaeological context:	medieval tomb (Objects: VB·22 Stresa, VB·23 Stresa, VB·24 Stresa, VB·25 Stresa)
Coordinates (approx.):	45° 52' 21.06" N, 8° 33' 15.36" E
Find date:	1975
Current location:	Museo Civico Antiquarium (Mergozzo)
Inscription:	VB·22 (aśkonetio/pianu)
Alternative sigla:	Tibiletti Bruno 1981: 14 Solinas 1995: 120 Morandi 2004: 65
Sources:	Morandi 2004: 563-564 Solinas 1995: 372 Tibiletti Bruno 1981: 166-167 Tibiletti Bruno 1978-9: 255

Images

Gravestone from Bee with Latin inscription

Stela VB·22 Stresa with inscription VB·22 from De Giuli 1979

Stela VB·22 Stresa with inscription VB·22

Commentary

• De Giuli 1978-9: 245-246, fig. 1, 251

Bibliography

Caramella & De Giuli 1993	Pierangelo Caramella, Alberto De Giuli, Archeologia dell'Alto Novarese, Mergozzo: Antiquarium Mergozzo 1993.
De Giuli 1978	Alberto De Giuli, "Le stele funerarie di Brisino", Bollettino Storico per la Provincia di Novara 69/1 (1978), 13–20.
De Giuli 1979	Alberto De Giuli, "Le stele funerarie di Brisino", Sibrium 14 (1978–1979), 245–252.