BG·1 Bergamo

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Object
Classification:	pot
Material:	pottery
Size:	ca. 6 x 2.9 cm (of fragment)
Condition:	fragmentary
Archaeological culture:	unknown
Date:	5th–3rd c. BC (?)
Site:	Bergamo (Bergamo, Lombardia, Italy)
Field name:	Piazza Mercato del Fieno
Archaeological context:	us 1/2
Coordinates (approx.):	45° 42' 15.69" N, 9° 39' 52.51" E
Find date:	1981
Current location:	Civico Museo Archeologico (Bergamo)
Inventory no.:	A 5109, St 52441
Inscription:	BG·1 (]?ume)
Alternative sigla:	Solinas 1995: 33 Morandi 2004: 211
Sources:	Casini & Motta 2018: 118–120 no. 1

Images

Potsherd BG·1 Bergamo with inscription BG·1 from Morandi

Potsherd BG·1 Bergamo with inscription BG·1 from Solinas

Commentary

Images in Solinas 1995: tav. LXV c (photo), Morandi 2004: 656, fig. 24.211 (drawing), Morandi 2007: 290, fig. 282 (photo), Casini & Motta 2018: 119, fig. 2.2 (photo and drawings).

Fragment of the shoulder, neck and rim of a pot; tapering outward-bending rim; fine micaceous clay; surface unglazed and orange-brown. Original rim diam. 7.6 cm. Found in the intersection of us 1 and 2 in a distubed context together with materials from various phases. Solinas 1995: 333, no. 33 and Morandi 2004: 657, no. 211 (also Morandi 2007: 290, no. 1) date the object to the 5^th century BC (on palaeographical grounds?), but according to Casini & Motta 2018: 118 it can be compared to similar objects from La Tène C1 and 2 from Milano (4^th/3^rd century BC).

Corinna Salomon

Bibliography

Casini & Motta 2018	Stefania Casini, Filippo Motta, "Iscrizioni vascolari celtiche a Bergamo", Notizie Archeologiche Bergomensi 26 (2018), 115–128.