VB·24 Stresa
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| Classification: | stela |
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| Material: | stone |
| Size: | height 175 cm, width 52.5–57 cm, thickness 5–9 cm |
| Condition: | complete, broken |
| Autopsy by: | Corinna Salomon |
| Date of autopsy: | Apr 20 2024 |
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| Archaeological culture: | Augustan, Tiberian |
| Date: | late 1st c. BC–early 1st c. AD |
| Date derived from: | typology |
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| Site: | Stresa (Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piemonte, Italy) |
| Field name: | Brisino |
| Archaeological context: | medieval tomb (Objects: VB·22 Stresa, VB·23 Stresa, VB·24 Stresa, VB·25 Stresa) |
| Coordinates (approx.): | 45° 52' 5.77" N, 8° 33' 33.42" E |
| Find date: | 1975 |
| Current location: | Museo Civico Antiquarium (Mergozzo) |
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| Inscription: | VB·24 (exobna/diuconis/f) |
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| Alternative sigla: | Tibiletti Bruno 1981: 15a Morandi 2004: 67 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 564 f. no. 67 |
Images
 Stela VB·24 Stresa with inscription VB·24 from De Giuli 1979
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 Stela VB·24 Stresa with inscription VB·24
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Commentary
Image in De Giuli 1979: 248, fig. 3 (photo).
Mica schist stela with rounded top, broken into two pieces, found in secondary context together with VB·22 Stresa, VB·23 Stresa, VB·25 Stresa; see Brisino for the find circumstances and context. The shape of the Roman stelae at Brisino (also VB·25 Stresa) is very similar to that of the documents from Levo; De Giuli 1979: 251 mentions the possibility that the Brisino stones may come from the same site as the finds in Levo, though it seems quite possible that a pre-Roman/Roman necropolis existed in Brisino in the area of the Chiesa di Sant'Albino. Cf. Mainardis 2009: 337 f., who assumes the existence of a single workshop for the Stresa stelae. The document is dated to the 1st c. BC in AE 1982, no. 413, to the 1st c. AD in the Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg (HD001987); a dating to the late 1st c. BC or early 1st c. AD seems most likely (cf. Cerrione and the gravestone from Bee (Lanza & Poletti Ecclesia 2021) dated to the early 1st c. AD). See also Caramella & De Giuli 1993: 207.
Bibliography
| AE | Various authors, L'année épigraphique, Paris: 1888–. |
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| Caramella & De Giuli 1993 | Pierangelo Caramella, Alberto De Giuli, Archeologia dell'Alto Novarese, Mergozzo: Antiquarium Mergozzo 1993. |
| De Giuli 1978 | Alberto De Giuli, "Le stele funerarie di Brisino", Bollettino Storico per la Provincia di Novara 69/1 (1978), 13–20. |
| De Giuli 1979 | Alberto De Giuli, "Le stele funerarie di Brisino", Sibrium 14 (1978–1979), 245–252. |
