VB·29 Stresa

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Object
Classification: stela

Material: stone
Size: height 122 cm, width 50 cm, thickness 3 cm
Condition: unknown

Archaeological culture: unknown
Date: 1st century BC

Site: Stresa (Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piemonte, Italy)
Field name: Levo
Coordinates (approx.): 45° 53' 2.87" N, 8° 30' 27.10" E
Find date: 1887
Find circumstances: construction work
Current location: Santuario dei S.S. Giacomo e Filippo (Levo)

Inscription: VB·29 (ueca/atbiti/f)

Alternative sigla: Whatmough 1933 (PID): note xvii (b)
Tibiletti Bruno 1981: 18a
Morandi 2004: 72

Sources: Morandi 2004: 568 no. 72

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Commentary

Mica schist stela with rounded top; see Levo for the find circumstances and context. Dating from Morandi.

Bibliography

Caramella & De Giuli 1993 Pierangelo Caramella, Alberto De Giuli, Archeologia dell'Alto Novarese, Mergozzo: Antiquarium Mergozzo 1993.