BG·5 Bergamo

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Object
Classification: beaker

Material: pottery
Size: height 5.5 cm, foot diam. 4.5 cm (of fragment)
Condition: fragmentary

Archaeological culture: unknown
Date: 4th century BC
Date derived from: unknown

Site: Bergamo (Bergamo, Lombardia, Italy)
Field name: Vicolo Aquila Nera
Coordinates (approx.): 45° 42' 16.82" N, 9° 39' 49.31" E
Find date: 1989
Find circumstances: excavation
Current location: Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della Lombardia (Bergamo)

Inscriptions:

Alternative sigla: Morandi 2004: 215

Sources: Morandi 2004: 659 no. 215

Commentary

Images in Poggiani Keller 2001: 410, fig. 16.4 (drawing), Casini & Motta 2018: 117, fig. 1-a (photo and drawing).

Fragment of a beaker (foot and lower part) made of fine micaceous clay, decorated with Kreisaugen (Poggiani Keller 2001: 388, Casini & Motta 2018: 118). Found in the archaeological area of vicolo Aquila Nera, north of the Biblioteca Civica, south sector, area G, feature 93, u.s. 479/485. Dating from Morandi.

Corinna Salomon

Bibliography

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