TI·21 Locarno

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Object
Classification: bottle
Archaeological Type: fiasca a trottola

Material: pottery
Size: height 12.8 cm, mouth diam. 3 cm, max. diam. 18 cm, foot diam. 9 cm
Condition: complete
Autopsy by: Corinna Salomon
Date of autopsy: Oct 17 2023

Archaeological culture: La Tène D
Date: late 2nd–1st c. BC
Date derived from: typology

Site: Locarno (Ticino, Switzerland)
Field name: Solduno necropolis
Archaeological context: grave E 12
Coordinates (approx.): 46° 10' 12.67" N, 8° 46' 42.25" E
Find date: 1946
Find circumstances: excavation
Current location: Museo Civico e Archeologico Castello Visconteo (Locarno)
Inventory no.: 134.1946.155

Inscription: TI·21 (ateratos)

Alternative sigla: Tibiletti Bruno 1981: 4
Solinas 1995: 26
Motta 2000: 27
Morandi 2004: 21

Sources: Morandi 2004: 530 f. no. 21

Images

Commentary

Images in Stöckli 1975: 54, Abb. 51.14 = 179, Taf. 41 (drawing), Solinas 1995: pl. 64, fig. c (photo = Morandi 1999: 196, pl. VI.1 = Morandi 2004: 783, tav. VI.21).

Well-preserved fiasca a trottola painted with concentric brown circles and wavy lines from the Solduno necropolis (fondo Botta). The youngest of the inscribed Kreiselflaschen from Solduno (cf. TI·22 Locarno, TI·24 Locarno), see Stöckli 1975: 50–52, also De Marinis & Biaggio Simona 2000: 462, no. 539.

Corinna Salomon

Bibliography

De Marinis & Biaggio Simona 2000 Raffaele C. De Marinis, Simonetta Biaggio Simona (eds), I leponti tra mito e realtà. Raccolta di saggi in occasione della mostra Locarno, Castello Visconteo - Casorella, 20 maggio - 3 dicembre 2000, Verbania: Armando Dadò Editore 2000.