BI·3 Cerrione

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Object
Classification:	stela
Material:	stone
Size:	height 133 cm, width 25 cm, depth 14 cm
Condition:	damaged, broken
Autopsy by:	Corinna Salomon
Date of autopsy:	Apr 22 2024
Archaeological culture:	Roman republican period
Date:	70–40 BC
Date derived from:	archaeological context
Site:	Cerrione (Biella, Piemonte, Italy)
Field name:	Cerrione necropolis
Archaeological context:	grave 127
Coordinates (approx.):	45° 27' 33.83" N, 8° 4' 31.95" E
Find date:	2000
Find circumstances:	excavation
Current location:	Museo del Territorio Biellese (Biella)
Inventory no.:	82301, 82302
Inscription:	BI·3 (]ọṭụḳịos)
Alternative sigla:	none
Sources:	Cresci Marrone & Solinas 2013: 37–39

Images

Stela BI·3 Cerrione with inscription BI·3 from Cresci Marrone & Solinas 2013

Stela BI·3 Cerrione with inscription BI·3 from Cresci Marrone & Solinas 2013

Commentary

Images in Brecciaroli Taborelli 2011: 387, tav. 6 (drawing = Cresci Marrone & Solinas 2013: 38), Cresci Marrone & Solinas 2013 (photo).

Schist stela, broken into multiple pieces and part of the lower section missing. One of the fragments was found near the border of grave 127 of the Cerrione necropolis, dated to phase 1 (100–40 BC), specifically 70–40 BC based on the grave furniture, the other without immediate context in the north-western sector. See Cresci Marrone & Solinas 2013: 25, 37–39.

Corinna Salomon

Bibliography

Brecciaroli Taborelli 2011	Luisa Brecciaroli Taborelli (ed.), Oro, pane e scrittura. Memorie di una comunità "inter Vercellas et Eporediam" [= Studi e ricerche sulla Gallia Cisalpina 24], Roma: Edizioni Quasar 2011.
Cresci Marrone & Solinas 2013	Giovannella Cresci Marrone, Patrizia Solinas, Microstorie di romanizzazione. Le iscrizioni del sepolcreto rurale di Cerrione, Venezia: Edizioni Ca' Foscari 2013.