NO·12 Oleggio

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Object
Classification:	cup
Archaeological Type:	terra sigillata
Material:	pottery
Size:	max. diam. 8.5 cm, foot diam. 3.6 cm, height 5.5 cm
Condition:	complete
Archaeological culture:	Roman imperial period
Date:	second quarter of 1st c. AD
Date derived from:	typology
Site:	Oleggio (Novara, Piemonte, Italy)
Field name:	Loreto necropolis
Archaeological context:	grave 37 (Objects: NO·11 Oleggio, NO·12 Oleggio)
Coordinates (approx.):	45° 36' 40.81" N, 8° 38' 59.98" E
Find date:	1988–1989
Find circumstances:	excavation
Current location:	Museo Civico ‟Carlo Giacomo Franchini” (Oleggio)
Inventory no.:	St 56790
Inscription:	NO·12 (uin)
Stamp:	AVILLI
Alternative sigla:	Morandi 2004: 88
Sources:	Morandi 2004: 579

Commentary

Image in Deodato & Poletti Ecclesia 1999: 98, fig. 73.5 (drawing).

Terra sigillata cup type Ritterling 9 with stamp of the potter Avillius (OCK no. 371) found in tomb 37 (cremation) of the Loreto necropolis, dated to the first half of the 1^st c. AD and specifically to the Tiberian era based on the stamp (Deodato & Poletti Ecclesia 1999: 97 f., no. 5, Poletti Ecclesia 1999: 328); Avilius was active between 20 BC and 40 AD (cf. VB·18 Ornavasso).

Bibliography

Deodato & Poletti Ecclesia 1999	Angela Deodato, Elena Poletti Ecclesia, "Catalogo", in: Giuseppina Spagnolo Garzoli (ed.), Conubia gentium. La necropoli di Oleggio e la romanizzazione dei Vertamocori. Catalogo della mostra Oleggio, Palazzo Bellini 23 gennaio - 30 aprile 1999, Torino: Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologica del Piemonte 1999, 55–286.