CO·21 Rondineto

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Object
Classification:	slab
Material:	stone
Size:	length of fragment 41 cm, width 15 cm, thickness 12.5 cm
Condition:	fragmentary
Archaeological culture:	unknown
Date:	5th / 4th century BC
Date derived from:	unknown
Site:	Rondineto (fraction of: Como, Como, Lombardia, Italy)
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 f.

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

Fragment of a sandstone slab; 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.