VA·29 Gallarate

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Object
Classification: bowl
Archaeological Type: patera

Material: pottery
Size: height 4.9 cm, mouth diam. 28.1 cm, foot diam. 8.6 cm
Condition: complete
Autopsy by: Corinna Salomon
Date of autopsy: Apr 29 2022

Archaeological culture: La Tène D 1
Date: 125–75 BC
Date derived from: typology, archaeological context

Site: Gallarate (Varese, Lombardia, Italy)
Field name: Piazza Ponti
Coordinates (approx.): 45° 39' 32.20" N, 8° 47' 37.94" E
Find date: 1949
Current location: Museo della Società Gallaratese di Studi Patri (Gallarate)
Inventory no.: St 51123

Inscription: VA·29 (kat)

Alternative sigla: Solinas 1995: 116
Morandi 2004: 129

Sources: Morandi 2004: 608 no. 129

Images

Commentary

Images in Bertolone 1950: 69, fig. 2.8 (drawing), Tizzoni 1981: tav. 9e (drawing), Rapi 2009: 694, fig. 1.1 (drawing).

Large unglazed patera imitating black-glazed ware of type Lamboglia 6 (Della Porta et al. 1998: 219, no. 1); detailed description in Tizzoni 1981: 13, no. 5. Found in a late La Tène grave of a male. Dating from Rapi 2009: 693.

Corinna Salomon

Bibliography

Bertolone 1950 Mario Bertolone, "Notiziario Archeologico", Rassegna Storica del Seprio 9–10 (1949–1950), 67–77.
Della Porta et al. 1998 Carola DellaPorta, Nicoletta Sfredda, Gabriella Tassinari, "Ceramiche comuni", in: Gloria Olcese (ed.), Ceramiche in Lombardia tra II secolo a.C. e VII secolo d.C. Raccolta dei dati editi, Mantova: Editrice S.A.P. 1998, 133–229.