VB·21 Verbania

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Object
Classification:	stela
Material:	stone
Size:	height 192 cm, width 53 cm, thickness 8 cm
Condition:	unknown
Archaeological culture:	unknown
Date:	middle of 1st century BC
Date derived from:	unknown
Site:	Verbania (Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piemonte, Italy)
Field name:	Zoverallo
Coordinates (approx.):	45° 56' 46.22" N, 8° 34' 39.84" E
Find date:	1838
Finder:	Filippo Ponti
Current location:	Museo del Paesaggio (Verbania Pallanza)
Inventory no.:	none
Inscription:	VB·21 (leucuro/moconis/f)
Alternative sigla:	Tibiletti Bruno 1981: 15 c Morandi 2004: 64
Sources:	Morandi 2004: 563 no. 64

Images

Stela VB·21 Verbania with inscription VB·21

Commentary

Stone stela which formed the covering of a tomb found by the architect Filippo Ponti in 1838 in Zoverallo, probably belonging to the sporadically discovered necropolis (Barocelli 1918: 89).

Bibliography

Barocelli 1918	Pietro Barocelli, "III. Zoverallo. Necropoli di età romana. Scoperta di un nuova tomba", Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità 15 (1918), 88–90.
Caramella & De Giuli 1993	Pierangelo Caramella, Alberto De Giuli, Archeologia dell'Alto Novarese, Mergozzo: Antiquarium Mergozzo 1993.