BG·46 Bergamo

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Object
Classification:	bowl
Material:	pottery
Size:	length of aligned fragments ca. 16 cm
Condition:	fragmentary
Archaeological culture:	unknown
Date:	1st c. BC
Date derived from:	typology
Site:	Bergamo (Bergamo, Lombardia, Italy)
Field name:	Via del Vagine
Archaeological context:	us 519 (Objects: BG·46 Bergamo, BG·47 Bergamo, BG·48 Bergamo)
Coordinates (approx.):	45° 42' 19.31" N, 9° 39' 44.18" E
Find date:	1997–1998
Find circumstances:	excavation
Current location:	unknown
Inscription:	BG·46 (ụ[ ]?us)
Alternative sigla:	none
Sources:	Casini & Motta 2018: 124–126 no. 12

Commentary

Images in Casini & Motta 2018: 125, fig. 5.12 (photo and drawing).

Five adjacent fragments, representing about half of the object, of a tapering bowl or lid with flat rim thickening towards the inside; coarse clay with sandy and micaceous enclaves; outer surface glazed dark brown, inner surface reddish-brown. Original max. diameter 22.4 cm. Found in the archaeological area of via del Vagine 2 in a late Imperial level which contains materials in secondary context (see Fortunati Zuccàla 2001: 47); dating based on type of clay and shape (Casini & Motta 2018: 124–126).

Corinna Salomon

Bibliography

Casini & Motta 2018	Stefania Casini, Filippo Motta, "Iscrizioni vascolari celtiche a Bergamo", Notizie Archeologiche Bergomensi 26 (2018), 115–128.
Fortunati Zuccàla 2001	Maria Fortunati Zuccàla, "Bergamo. Via Vagine 2. Area pluristratificata", Notiziario della Soprintendenza Archeologica della Lombardia (1998 [2001]), 47–49.