SP·1 Zignago

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Object
Proper name: Stela of Zignago
Classification: stela
Archaeological Type: statue stela

Material: stone
Material composition: sandstone
Size:
Extension (h×w×d): 108 cm42.52 in <br /> × 37 cm14.567 in <br /> × 24 cm9.449 in <br />
Condition: damaged

Archaeological culture: unknown
Date: end of 6th century BC
Date derived from: palaeography, typology

Site: Zignago (La Spezia, Liguria, Italy)
Field name: Villa di Novà
Coordinates (approx.): 44° 16' 40.80" N, 9° 44' 49.20" E [from site]
Find date: 1827
Find circumstances: unknown
Current location: Museo di Archeologia Ligure (Genova)
Inventory no.: 329/1911

Inscription: SP·1 (mezunemuśus)

Alternative sigla: Whatmough 1933 (PID): 338
Morandi 2004: 272

Sources: Lejeune 1971: 136 & pl. XIV
Morandi 2004: 696 & 809 (pl. XXXII.272)

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Commentary

There is a cast in the Museo Civico Archeologico "Ubaldo Formentini" (La Specia) (Lejeune 1971: 136).

Bibliography

Ambrosi 1972 Augusto Cesare Ambrosi, Corpus delle Statue-Stele Lunigianesi, Bordighera: Istituto Internazionale Studi Liguri 1972.