PV·4 Gropello Cairoli
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| Classification: | bowl |
| Archaeological Type: | patera |
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| Material: | pottery |
| Size: | diam. 22 cm (reconstructed), foot diam. 6.7 cm, height 4.8 cm |
| Condition: | broken, fragmentary, repaired |
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| Archaeological culture: | La Tène D 1 |
| Date: | late 2nd c. BC |
| Date derived from: | unknown |
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| Site: | Gropello Cairoli (Pavia, Lombardia, Italy) |
| Coordinates (approx.): | 45° 10' 48.00" N, 8° 59' 38.40" E [from site] |
| Find date: | between 1955 and 1959 |
| Finder: | Davide Pace |
| Current location: | unknown |
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| Inscription: | PV·4 (eripoχios) |
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| Alternative sigla: | Tibiletti Bruno 1981: 31 RIG: E-3 Solinas 1995: 112 Morandi 2004: 104 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 592 |
Images
 Inscription PV·4 on the mould of PV·4 Gropello Cairoli from Morandi 1999
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Commentary
Image in Tibiletti Bruno 1965b: 560 (photo).
Two adjacent fragments (foot, part of the bottom and rim) of an unglazed patera (Mirabella Roberti & Pirani 1959: 21, Tibiletti Bruno 1965b: 559, n. 5). Dated to the 2nd c. BC by Mirabella Roberti & Pirani 1959: 21, to the late 2nd c. by Morandi 2004, but the rationale behind the datings is unclear (cf. Tibiletti Bruno 1965b: 560 f.). Exact find spot and context unknown (Tibiletti Bruno 1965b: 560); apparently at one of the sites excavated by local hobby archaeologist Davide Pace and his "appassionati locali" between 1955 and 1959, when the object was exhibited in the Mostra Storica delle Arti Grafiche in the Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnica "Leonardo da Vinci" in Milano (options in the RAPTOR map). Given to the local museum in Gropello Cairoli by Pace according to Mirabella Roberti & Pirani 1959: 21 and Tibiletti Bruno 1965b: 595; not examined by Lejeune for the edition in RIG II.1 (1985), because the museum was closed for renovation (38 f.). Solinas indicates uncertainly "Firenze, Museo Archeologico(?)"; lost according to Morandi 1999: 186. A mould, made by Mario Mirabella Roberti, is (or was) on exhibition in the Museo "Leonardo da Vinci" (Tibiletti Bruno 1965b: 559, n. 5, Morandi 1999: 186).
