CO·53 Prestino

Object
Classification:	bowl

Material:	pottery
Material composition:	red-varnished ware
Size:
Extension (h×w):	7.9 cm3.11 in <br /> × 4 cm1.575 in <br />
Condition:	fragmentary

Archaeological culture:	Golasecca III A 1, Golasecca III A 2
Date:	5^th century BC

Site:	Prestino (fraction of: Como, Como, Lombardia, Italy)
Field name:	Via Isonzo
Archaeological context:	settlement (1984)
Coordinates (approx.):	45° 48' 3.98" N, 9° 3' 38.17" E
Find date:	1984
Find circumstances:	excavation
Finder:	De Marinis
Current location:	Museo Archeologico "Paolo Giovio" (Como)
Inventory no.:	St 57294

Inscription:	CO·53 (aev)

Alternative sigla:	Solinas 1995: 71 Motta 2000: 15 1 Morandi 2004: 185

Sources:	Morandi 2004: 641 & 802 (pl. XXV.185) Morandi 1999: 177 & fn. 87 Motta 2000: 209 Solinas 1995: 347 Gambari & Colonna 1986: 162

Images

Potsherd CO·53 Prestino with inscription CO·53 from Morandi 2004

De Marinis & Motta 1990-1: fig. 10 (after Morandi 1999: 177 fn. 87 this is the only correct epigraphic and archaeological edition of this object)
De Marinis describes this object in Catalogo Como 1986: 75 n. 3 by mistake as black-varnished ware, an error which was adopted by Colonna in Gambari & Colonna 1986: 162.

De Marinis & Motta 1991	Raffaele C. De Marinis, Filippo Motta, "Una nuova iscrizione lepontica su pietra da Mezzovico (Lugano)", Sibrium 21 (1990–1991), 201–225.
De Marinis 1986	Raffaele De Marinis, "Lingua e alfabeto", in: Various authors, Como fra Etruschi e Celti, Como: Società Archeologica Comense 1986. (Catalogo della mostra), 73–76.
De Marinis et al. 1985	Raffaele De Marinis, Ugo Magri, Marco Marcias, "Como, loc. Prestino. Abitato protostorico", Soprintendenza Archeologica della Lombardia Notiziario (1984 [1985]), 29–31.
Gambari & Colonna 1988	Filippo Maria Gambari, Giovanni Colonna, "Il bicchiere con iscrizione arcaica da Castelletto Ticino e l'adozione della scrittura nell'Italia nord-occidentale", Studi Etruschi 54 (1986 [1988]), 119–164.