TI·22 Locarno

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Object
Classification:	bottle
Archaeological Type:	fiasca a trottola
Material:	pottery
Size:	height 11.4 cm, mouth diam. 2.8 cm, max. diam. 14.5 cm, foot diam. 7.2 cm
Condition:	complete, broken, repaired
Autopsy by:	Corinna Salomon
Date of autopsy:	Oct 17 2023
Archaeological culture:	La Tène D
Date:	late 2nd–1st c. BC
Date derived from:	typology
Site:	Locarno (Ticino, Switzerland)
Field name:	Solduno necropolis
Archaeological context:	grave B 5
Coordinates (approx.):	46° 10' 5.62" N, 8° 46' 52.05" E
Find date:	1938
Find circumstances:	excavation
Current location:	Museo Civico e Archeologico Castello Visconteo (Locarno)
Inventory no.:	134.1938.372
Inscription:	TI·22 (kr)
Alternative sigla:	Morandi 2004: 22
Sources:	Morandi 2004: 531 no. 22

Images

Bottle TI·22 Locarno from Morandi

Fiasca a trottola TI·22 Locarno

Fiasca a trottola TI·22 Locarno with inscription TI·22

Fiasca a trottola TI·22 Locarno

Commentary

Images in Stöckli 1975: 54, Abb. 51.9 = 173, Taf. 35 (drawing), Morandi 1999: 193, pl. VI.2 (photo).

Partly cracked, but practically complete unpainted fiasca a trottola from the Solduno necropolis (via del Passetto); the neck and mouth are broken off, but repaired. The oldest of the inscribed Kreiselflaschen from Solduno (cf. TI·21 Locarno, TI·24 Locarno), see Stöckli 1975: 50–52, also De Marinis & Biaggio Simona 2000: 462, no. 541.

Corinna Salomon

Bibliography

De Marinis & Biaggio Simona 2000	Raffaele C. De Marinis, Simonetta Biaggio Simona (eds), I leponti tra mito e realtà. Raccolta di saggi in occasione della mostra Locarno, Castello Visconteo - Casorella, 20 maggio - 3 dicembre 2000, Verbania: Armando Dadò Editore 2000.