BG·15 Parre
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| Classification: | spindle whorl |
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| Material: | stone |
| Size: | diameter 3.6 cm, thickness 2 cm |
| Condition: | complete |
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| Archaeological culture: | unknown |
| Date: | 5th c. BC (?) |
| Date derived from: | archaeological context |
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| Site: | Parre (Bergamo, Lombardia, Italy) |
| Field name: | Parre Castello |
| Archaeological context: | u.s. 347 |
| Coordinates (approx.): | 45° 52' 17.37" N, 9° 53' 13.62" E |
| Find date: | 1988 |
| Find circumstances: | excavation |
| Finder: | Soprintendenza Archeologica della Lombardia |
| Current location: | Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della Lombardia (Bergamo) |
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| Inscription: | BG·15 (katua) |
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| Alternative sigla: | Morandi 2004: 207 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 653 f. no. 207 |
Images
 Spindle whorl BG·15 Parre with inscription BG·15 from Morandi 2004
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 Spindle whorl BG·15 Parre with inscription BG·15 from Morandi 2004
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Commentary
Images in Poggiani Keller 1991: tav. LXVIIb (photo), Morandi 2001: fig. 4 (photo and drawing, the latter = Morandi 2004: 656, fig. 24.207), Morandi 2004: tav. XXVII.207 (photo), Morandi 2007: 288, fig. 280.19 (drawing) and 296, fig. 93 (photo [mirrored along the x-axis]).
Sandstone spindle whorl, cylindrical with slightly rounded edges and smoothed surface (find no. 211). Morandi 2004: 654 and 2007: 296 f., no. 20 assumes that the object is a votive gift.
A spindle whorl from Parre with inscription "di difficile decifrazione" is mentioned by Solinas 1995: 384 – Morandi cites this reference, so this seems to be the same object, though Solinas gives 1992 as the find date. Solinas and Morandi 2001: 16 give a dating to the 5th century BC, which seems to agree with the vague indications in Poggiani Keller 1991: 440; see the inscription page for Morandi's palaeographical dating.
