CO·21 Rondineto

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Object
Classification:	slab
Material:	stone
Material composition:	sandstone
Size:
Extension (h×w×d):	15 cm5.906 in <br /> × 41 cm16.142 in <br /> × 12.5 cm4.921 in <br />
Condition:	fragmentary
Archaeological culture:	unknown
Date:	5th / 4th century BC
Date derived from:	unknown
Site:	Rondineto
Archaeological context:	unspecified grave
Coordinates (approx.):	45° 48' 10.80" N, 9° 3' 36.00" E [from site]
Find date:	1879
Current location:	Museo Archeologico ‟Paolo Giovio” (Como)
Inventory no.:	none
Inscription:	CO·21 (]ṇ:ṣulọiḳei:[)
Alternative sigla:	Whatmough 1933 (PID): 299 Tibiletti Bruno 1981: 24 Solinas 1995: 75 Morandi 2004: 168
Sources:	Morandi 2004: 632-633 & 801 (pl. XXIV.168) Solinas 1995: 348 Tibiletti Bruno 1981: 181-182 Rittatore Vonwiller 1968: 471-472

Images

Slab CO·21 Rondineto with inscription CO·21 from Morandi 2004

Slab CO·21 Rondineto with inscription CO·21 from Tibiletti Bruno 1969b

Commentary

Same material and nearly same shape and size as the stone of Prestino, they both could have been part of similar architectonic complexes (cf. Rittatore Vonwiller 1968: 471, Tibiletti Bruno 1989: 78-87 (not a gravestone!)); slightly differing size informations in literature (+/- 1cm)

Bibliography

Barelli 1879	Vincenzo Barelli, "Altre scoperte preromane in Rondineto", Rivista Archeologica della Provincia di Como 15 (1879), 14–18.
De Marinis & Motta 1991	Raffaele C. De Marinis, Filippo Motta, "Una nuova iscrizione lepontica su pietra da Mezzovico (Lugano)", Sibrium 21 (1990–1991), 201–225.