VB·4 Ornavasso

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Object
Classification:	bottle
Archaeological Type:	fiasca a trottola
Material:	pottery
Size:	height 14.4 cm, max. diam. 21.1 cm, foot diam. 9.3 cm
Condition:	complete
Archaeological culture:	La Tène D 1
Date:	beginning of 1st century BC
Site:	Ornavasso (Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piemonte, Italy)
Field name:	San Bernardo
Archaeological context:	grave 105
Coordinates (approx.):	45° 58' 8.40" N, 8° 24' 57.60" E [from site]
Find date:	1890–1893
Current location:	Museo del Paesaggio (Verbania Pallanza)
Inventory no.:	562
Inscription:	VB·4 (atios)
Alternative sigla:	Whatmough 1933 (PID): 308 Solinas 1995: 132 Morandi 2004: 49
Sources:	Morandi 2004: 553 no. 49

Images

Bottle VB·4 Ornavasso from Morandi 1999

Flask VB·4 Ornavasso with inscription VB·4

Commentary

Image in Morandi 1999: 196, 9.2 (photo = Morandi 2004: ?).

Vaso a trottola with one white circular band painted on the shoulder, found in the inhumation grave no. 105 of the San Bernardo necropolis. Dating according to Morandi 1999: 172 with n. 74 based on coins found in the grave, following Piana Agostinetti 1972: 116.

Bibliography

Bianchetti 1895	Enrico Bianchetti, I sepolcreti di Ornavasso [= Atti della Società di Archeologia e Belle Arti della provincia di Torino 6], Torino: Paravia 1895.