NO·9 Oleggio

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Object
Classification:	bowl
Material:	pottery
Size:	max. diam. 18 cm, foot diam. 6 cm, height 6 cm
Condition:	complete, fragmentary, repaired
Archaeological culture:	La Tène C 2
Date:	last quarter of 2nd c. BC
Date derived from:	archaeological context
Site:	Oleggio (Novara, Piemonte, Italy)
Field name:	Loreto necropolis
Archaeological context:	grave 54
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 54907
Inscription:	NO·9 (moc)
Alternative sigla:	Morandi 2004: 85
Sources:	Morandi 2004: 578

Commentary

Image in Deodato & Poletti Ecclesia 1999: 116, fig. 97.9 (drawing).

Unglazed bowl, entirely reconstructed from fragments, similar to type Lamboglia 8/27 / Morel 2671/2672, found in tomb 54 (adult, cremation) of the Loreto necropolis, dated to the last quarter of the 2^nd c. BC (Deodato & Poletti Ecclesia 1999: 115–117, no. 9), which is surprising considering the Latin inscription. The bowl type is dated to the first half of the 1^st c. BC by Deodato 1999: 295 (though this does not agree with the datings of the four graves in which it appears), and notes that a specimen from Arsago Seprio occurs in an Augustan context.

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.
Deodato 1999	Angela Deodato, "Dalla mensa al rogo. La ceramica a vernice nera e d'imitazione", in: Giuseppina Spagnolo Garzoli (ed.), Conubia gentium. La necropoli di Oleggio e la romanizzazione dei Vertamocori. Oleggio, Palazzo Bellini 23 gennaio - 30 aprile 1999, Torino: Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologica del Piemonte 1999, 289–302.