CO·1 Gravedona

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Object
Classification:	pitcher
Archaeological Type:	hydria
Material:	pottery
Size:	height 18 cm, max. diam. 20 cm
Condition:	broken
Archaeological culture:	La Tène D
Date:	late 2nd–1st c. BC
Date derived from:	unknown
Site:	Gravedona (Como, Lombardia, Italy)
Archaeological context:	tomb
Coordinates (approx.):	46° 8' 57.77" N, 9° 18' 48.09" E
Find date:	1879
Current location:	unknown
Inscription:	CO·1 (kut)
Alternative sigla:	Whatmough 1933 (PID): 278 Solinas 1995: 61 Morandi 2004: 144
Sources:	Morandi 2004: 618

Commentary

Damaged hydria of red clay, decorated with bands of red and white varnish, found in one of two tombs excavated in March 1879 on the road between Gravedona and Domaso (Barelli 1879b: 26–28). Dating ("epoca recenziore") from Morandi (cf. Barelli p. 28). According to Barelli (p. 26), the finds were given to the Museo Archeologico ‟Paolo Giovio” (Como) (cf. Solinas), but according to Morandi the vase "risulta irreperibile successivamente alla scoperta"; it is not included in the museum's inventory (April 2025).

Corinna Salomon

Bibliography

Barelli 1879b	Vincenzo Barelli, "Recenti scoperte", Rivista Archeologica della Provincia di Como 16 (1879), 23–33.