TV·1 Oderzo
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| Classification: | gravel |
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| Material: | stone |
| Size: | length 36.5 cm, width 26 cm, thickness 15.5 cm |
| Condition: | unknown |
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| Archaeological culture: | unknown |
| Date: | unknown |
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| Site: | Oderzo (Treviso, Veneto, Italy) |
| Coordinates (approx.): | 45° 46' 57.97" N, 12° 29' 30.58" E |
| Find date: | 1960s |
| Find circumstances: | by chance during building work |
| Current location: | Museo Archeologico "Eno Bellis" (Oderzo) |
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| Inscription: | TV·1 (:pazros:pompeteχuaios/kaialoiso) |
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| Alternative sigla: | Morandi 2004: 271 |
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| Sources: | Prosdocimi 1984c: 424 |
Commentary
Images in Prosdocimi 1988: 304, fig. 287, 288, 289 (photos).
Flat ovoid ciottolone of trachyte, max. circumference 97.5 cm, weight 22.6 kg (Prosdocimi 1984c: 424), found on a building site in via Mazzini in the 1960s (according to Morandi 2004: 693 (no. 271); Pellegrini 1984: 443 implies that the stone was found shortly before he examined it in November 1980). Its find context is unknown; Eno Bellis, director of the Museo di Oderzo, said that it was found in the area of ancient Oderzo southeast of the city itself (according to Prosdocimi 1984c: 425). Ciottoloni are Venetic funerary monuments typical for the area of Padova, the only other non-Padovan specimen being the one with inscription *Vi 4 (Prosdocimi 1988: 303). The present stone is not natural, like the Padovan ones, but carved into shape (Prosdocimi 1984c: 424). The stone cannot be dated archaeologically; see the inscription page on questionable palaeographical datings.
