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{{object
{{object
|name=Stela of Mezzovico
|type_object=stela
|type_object=stela
|material=stone
|material=stone
|composition=granite gneiss
|dimension=height 275 cm, width 28 cm, depth 42 cm
|type=De Marinis B
|dimension_max=275 cm
|size_height=275 cm
|condition=complete
|size_width=28 cm
|size_depth=42 cm
|condition=unknown
|culture_archaeological=Golasecca III A
|culture_archaeological=Golasecca III A
|sortdate=-415
|sortdate=-425
|date=5<sup>th</sup> / beginning of 4<sup>th</sup> century BC
|date=5<sup>th</sup>–early 4<sup>th</sup> c. BC
|date_derivation‎=typology
|site=Mezzovico-Vira
|site=Mezzovico-Vira
|coordinate_n=46.0867241
|coordinate_n=46.0867241
|coordinate_e=8.9197018
|coordinate_e=8.9197018
|find_circumstances=construction work
|find_circumstances=construction work
|finder=Luigi Coldesina (reputed finder)
|finder=Luigi Coldesina
|sortdate_find=1984.03
|sortdate_find=1984.05
|date_find=March 1984
|date_find=May 1984
|location=Casa comunale (Mezzovico-Vira)
|location=Casa comunale (Mezzovico-Vira)
|inventory_number=161.1984.1
|inventory_number=161.1984.1
|solinas=20
|solinas=20
|motta=3
|motta=3
|morandi=26, 26 bis, 280
|morandi=26
|source_detail=Morandi 2004: 533-534 & 707-708 & 784 (pl. VII.24), Motta 2000: 198-199, Solinas 1995: 327-328
|source_detail=Morandi 2004: 533 f. no. 26
|checklevel=0
|checklevel=0
|problem=1003-1005, 1007, 1011-1015, 1018-1020 (detailed description, discussion and comparison with other Lepontic inscriptions)
}}
}}
== Commentary ==
== Commentary ==
Normally positioned at the wall of the guesthouse "Le Palazzina" in [[Mezzovico-Vira|Mezzovico]] but now (2004) taken to Locarno for restauration work.<br />
Images in {{bib|Donati 1985}}: 231, fig. 31 (photo), {{bib|De Marinis & Motta 1991}}: 203, fig. 1 (photo and drawing).
Dating: {{bib|Tibiletti Bruno 1997}}: 1003-1005 dates this Stela due to the iconography to a late phase (degenerated representation of a human silouhette).
 
*{{bib|Tibiletti Bruno 1997}}: 1003-1005, 1007, 1011-1015, 1018-1020 (detailed description, discussion and comparison with other Lepontic inscriptions)
Stela of light grey granite gneiss found in alluvial sediment at a depth of ca. 3 m during the extension of the restaurant "La Palazzina" ({{bib|Donati 1985}}, {{bib|De Marinis & Motta 1991}}: 201), where it was originally displayed; from late 2023 onward, the stela will be kept at the casa communale of Mezzovico-Vira. Dating according to {{bib|De Marinis & Motta 1991}}: 206, who ascribe it to their type B; differently {{bib|Tibiletti Bruno 1997}}: 1003–1005, who dates the stela to a later phase (degenerated representation of a human silhouette).
<p style="text-align:right;>[[User:Corinna Salomon|Corinna Salomon]]</p>
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Revision as of 23:12, 5 October 2023

Object
Classification: stela

Material: stone
Size: height 275 cm, width 28 cm, depth 42 cm
Condition: complete

Archaeological culture: Golasecca III A
Date: 5th–early 4th c. BC
Date derived from: typology

Site: Mezzovico-Vira (Ticino, Switzerland)
Coordinates (approx.): 46° 5' 12.21" N, 8° 55' 10.93" E
Find date: May 1984
Find circumstances: construction work
Finder: Luigi Coldesina
Current location: Casa comunale (Mezzovico-Vira)
Inventory no.: 161.1984.1

Inscriptions:

Alternative sigla: Solinas 1995: 20
Motta 2000: 3
Morandi 2004: 26

Sources: Morandi 2004: 533 f. no. 26

Images

Commentary

Images in Donati 1985: 231, fig. 31 (photo), De Marinis & Motta 1991: 203, fig. 1 (photo and drawing).

Stela of light grey granite gneiss found in alluvial sediment at a depth of ca. 3 m during the extension of the restaurant "La Palazzina" (Donati 1985, De Marinis & Motta 1991: 201), where it was originally displayed; from late 2023 onward, the stela will be kept at the casa communale of Mezzovico-Vira. Dating according to De Marinis & Motta 1991: 206, who ascribe it to their type B; differently Tibiletti Bruno 1997: 1003–1005, who dates the stela to a later phase (degenerated representation of a human silhouette).

Corinna Salomon

Bibliography

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.
Donati 1985 Pierangelo Donati, "Mezzovico-Vira, distr. di Lugano, TI", Jahrbuch der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Ur- und Frühgeschichte 68 (1985), 231.