CO·73 Civiglio

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Object
Classification:	beaker
Material:	pottery
Size:	height 11.6 cm, max. diam. 8.8 cm
Condition:	complete
Archaeological culture:	Golasecca III A 1, Golasecca III A 2
Date:	5th c. BC
Date derived from:	typology
Site:	Civiglio (fraction of: Como, Como, Lombardia, Italy)
Field name:	Visigna necropolis
Archaeological context:	grave II
Coordinates (approx.):	45° 48' 50.40" N, 9° 6' 57.60" E [from site]
Find date:	1878
Find circumstances:	excavation
Finder:	Vincenzo Barelli
Current location:	Museo Archeologico ‟Paolo Giovio” (Como)
Inventory no.:	E 3186
Inscription:	CO·73 (alios)
Alternative sigla:	Whatmough 1933 (PID): 284 Solinas 1995: 60 Morandi 2004: 200
Sources:	Morandi 2004: 649 f. no. 200

Commentary

Image in De Marinis 1986: 76 (photo).

Villanovan cone-shaped waisted beaker of black clay with transparent black glaze, the lower section smooth, the upper section decorated with horizontal lines. On the foot an incised cross, below the waist two stamped horses (cf. CO·47 Breccia). Found by Vincenzo Barelli and Giuseppe Bernasconi in the Visigna necropolis in september 1878, in a tomb at 1.2m depth built of limestone slabs and containing other ceramic vessels (see Barelli 1878b, Poggi 1879: 310, no. 40, Giussani 1902: 44, no. 13, Tibiletti Bruno 1978: 148, De Marinis 1986: 75, no. 4). Type De Marinis D1 according to Morandi.

See also Frigerio 1974-5.

Bibliography

Barelli 1878b	Vincenzo Barelli, "Sepolcreto romano in Civiglio", Rivista Archeologica della Provincia di Como 14 (1878), 25-34.
De Marinis 1986	Raffaele De Marinis, "Lingua e alfabeto", in: Various authors, Como fra Etruschi e Celti, Como: Società Archeologica Comense 1986. (Catalogo della mostra), 73–76.
Frigerio 1974-5	Giancarlo Frigerio, "Due Nuovi Sepolcreti Preromani a Civiglio e Brunate", Rivista Archeologica della Provincia di Como 156-157 (1974-1975), 5-62.