PV·5 Zerbo
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| Classification: | cup |
| Archaeological Type: | mastos |
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| Material: | silver |
| Size: | diam. 11.6 cm, height 7.5 cm |
| Condition: | complete, damaged |
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| Archaeological culture: | unknown |
| Date: | late 2nd–early 1st c. BC |
| Date derived from: | unknown |
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| Site: | Zerbo (Pavia, Lombardia, Italy) |
| Coordinates (approx.): | 45° 6' 39.60" N, 9° 23' 49.20" E [from site] |
| Find date: | 1912 |
| Current location: | Musei Civici del Castello Visconteo (Pavia) |
| Inventory no.: | 193 |
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| Inscription: | PV·5 (uecon:irumeli ps:sc:II) |
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| Alternative sigla: | Morandi 2004: 105 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 592–594 |
Commentary
Images in Tibiletti Bruno 1964: tav. (photo), Clauss-Slaby (photo = CIL Archivum Corporis Electronicum).
Silver mastos, complete apart from a small hole in the bottom; current weight 210 g. The association with the river Terdoppio (Mirabella Roberti 1962: VIII, no. 940, EDH HD017530) seems to be due to a confusion with a similar, anepigraphic object (Tibiletti Bruno 1964: 184, n. 8, Morandi). TB (following Stenico) only notes that the object was probably found in the Lomellina, but according to Morandi, who cites some literature which is inaccessible to me, it was found in an incineration grave in Zerbo in 1912. Dating Mirabella Roberti 1962: VIII, no. 940 1st century AD, Tibiletti Bruno 1964: 184, following A. Stenico, Coppa d'argento al Museo Civico di Pavia. Athenaeum 52 (1964), 158–?, "certamente" 2nd century BC, Morandi late 2nd–early 1st century BC, EDH 201 BC–50 AD; only TB with argumentation (comparanda at San Bernardo).
