TI·26 Vira Gambarogno
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| Classification: | stela |
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| Material: | stone |
| Size: | height 105 cm, width 43 cm, depth 5 cm |
| Condition: | broken, incomplete |
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| Archaeological culture: | Golasecca III A |
| Date: | 5th–early 4th c. BC |
| Date derived from: | typology |
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| Site: | Vira Gambarogno (Ticino, Switzerland) |
| Coordinates (approx.): | 46° 7' 25.68" N, 8° 50' 20.87" E |
| Find date: | 1917 |
| Find circumstances: | building work |
| Current location: | Museo Castello di Montebello (Bellinzona) |
| Inventory no.: | 252.1945.532 |
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| Inscription: | TI·26 (teromui:kualui) |
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| Alternative sigla: | Whatmough 1933 (PID): 267 Solinas 1995: 29 Motta 2000: 4 Morandi 2004: 25 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 533 no. 25 |
Images
 Stela TI·26 Vira Gambarogno from Motta
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 Stela TI·26 Vira Gambarogno with inscription TI·26
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Commentary
Images in Giussani 1919: 16, fig. 1 (photo), Motta 2000: 199, fig. 3 (photo = Stifter 2020: ?).
Irregular stela of beola gneiss found during the building of the road to Indemini in mid-March 1917, when a moraine was cleared near the locality Campaccio, at a depth of ca. 1.5 m (Giussani 1919: 15 f.). Dating based on De Marinis & Motta 1991: 206, who tentatively ascribe the stela to their type B (rectangular stela with anthropomorphic frame); the neck and beginning of the head are in fact quite well visible (cf. Motta 2000: 199, no. 4). Morandi 2004 gives the first half of the 4th c. BC.
