Pa 1.2 Rubiera

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Object
Classification:	stela
Material:	stone
Size:	height 177 cm, circumference 1 m
Condition:	damaged, broken, repaired
Archaeological culture:	unknown
Date:	early 6th c. BC
Date derived from:	typology
Site:	Rubiera (Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy)
Coordinates (approx.):	44° 39' 40.19" N, 10° 48' 6.35" E
Find date:	1985
Find circumstances:	by chance
Current location:	unknown
Inscription:	Pa 1.2 (kuveipuleisnaimiiśivemiśe[ ]ḳṣ́[ ]ẹṇḳezilaθmiśalalatiamake)
Alternative sigla:	none
Sources:	De Simone 1992b: 11 f.

Commentary

Images in Bermond Montanari 1988: 241, fig. 2 (drawings = Malnati & Bermond Montanari 1989: 1574, fig. 4) and tav. LXIII.35 (photos), Malnati & Bermond Montanari 1989: tav. I b, II b and c, III b and c (photos).

One of two cylindrical sandstone cippi found in 1984/1985 on the right bank of the river Secchia during work in a gravel pit, thought to belong to a nearby (as yet unidentified) necropolis (Bermond Montanari 1988: 239; for archaeological finds in the area see Malnati & Bermond Montanari 1989: 1567–1570). The second cippus (Bermond Montanari 1988: 240–242, no. 35) is broken into two parts, but was repaired; about a third of the engraved surface was damaged during the excavation. The buried lower section (72 cm) is only roughly shaped. The round top section is decorated with two rows of engraved images (winged lions and a sphinx) which are bordered by decorative bands and separated by an inscription. Above these, painted decorations of geometric motifs are executed with paint. Dating from ibid.

Bibliography

Bermond Montanari 1988	Giovanna Bermond Montanari, "I cippi di Rubiera [REE]", Studi Etruschi 54 (1986 [1988]), 239–244.
De Simone 1992b	Carlo De Simone, Le iscrizioni etrusche dei cippi di Rubiera [= Archaeologica Regiensia 6], Reggio Emilia: 1992.