BG·41 Carona

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Object
Classification: rock

Material: stone
Material composition: loamy sandstone
Size:
Condition: complete

Archaeological culture: unknown
Date:

Site: Carona (fraction of: Comunità montana della Valle Brembana, Bergamo, Lombardia, Italy)
Field name: CMS1
Coordinates (approx.): 46° 2' 24.95" N, 9° 53' 26.21" E
Find date: 2005
Finder: Centro Storico Culturale Valle Brembana
Current location: in situ

Inscriptions:

Alternative sigla: none

Sources: Casini & Fossati 2013: 379

Commentary

The petrograph site east of Carona, on the southern slopes of Monte Aga (2100–2400m a.s.l.), incorporates four groups of rocks (Casini & Fossati 2013: 377ff.), referred to as Le Torbiere (LTB), Aga (AGA), Valsecca (VLS) and Camisana (CMS). The petrographs are predominantly modern; only the locality Camisana features older documents. Rock CMS1 is the only one with Celtic material; at least six inscriptions in the Camunic alphabet are written on CMS63.

CMS1, 16m2 in size, is situated close to the sources of the Brembo, overlooking the Valle Camisana. See Casini & Fossati 2013: 379 on the petroglyphs.

Bibliography

Casini & Fossati 2013 Stefania Casini, Angelo Fossati, "Incisioni rupestri e iscrizioni preromane a Carona, Val Brembana (Bergamo)", Bulletin d'Études Prehistoriques et Archéologiques Alpines 24 (2013), 377–392.