TI·23 Locarno
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| Classification: | pot |
| Archaeological Type: | olla |
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| Material: | pottery |
| Size: | height 12.1 cm, mouth diam. 7.4 cm, max diam. 12.2 cm, foot diam. 6.9 cm |
| Condition: | complete, broken, repaired |
| Autopsy by: | Corinna Salomon |
| Date of autopsy: | Oct 17 2023 |
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| Archaeological culture: | La Tène D |
| Date: | late 2nd–1st c. BC |
| Date derived from: | typology |
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| Site: | Locarno (Ticino, Switzerland) |
| Field name: | Solduno necropolis |
| Archaeological context: | grave D 38 |
| Coordinates (approx.): | 46° 10' 12.67" N, 8° 46' 42.25" E |
| Find date: | 1939 |
| Find circumstances: | excavation |
| Current location: | Museo Civico e Archeologico Castello Visconteo (Locarno) |
| Inventory no.: | 134.1939.133 |
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| Inscription: | TI·23 (setupokios) |
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| Alternative sigla: | Tibiletti Bruno 1981: 5 Solinas 1995: 24 Motta 2000: 25 Morandi 2004: 24 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 532 no. 24 |
Images
 Olla TI·23 Locarno from Motta
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 Olla TI·23 Locarno
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 Olla TI·23 Locarno with inscription TI·23
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 Olla TI·23 Locarno
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Commentary
Images in Crivelli 1939: 199, fig. 14 (drawing = Giussani 1940: 6) and fig. 12 and 13 (photo and drawing of position in tomb), Tibiletti Bruno 1965c: 84 (photo), Stöckli 1975: 53, Abb. 50.5 = 177, Taf. 39 (drawing), Morandi 1999: 192, pl. V.1 (photo = Motta 2000: 214, fig. 22a = Morandi 2004: 784, tav. VII.24).
Olla, broken into many fragments, but repaired and practically complete, found in the Solduno necropolis (fondo Ardito), in the inhumation grave of a woman (Crivelli 1939: 199; details about the furniture in Giussani 1940: 5). Dating according to Stöckli 1975: 46 f. and De Marinis & Biaggio Simona 2000: 462, no. 538; differently (3rd c. BC) Tibiletti Bruno 1965c: 84, Tibiletti Bruno 1981: 159 and Solinas 1995: 329 following Crivelli 1939: 199 (cf. TI·25 Locarno). Additional references in Tibiletti Bruno 1965c: 83 f., n. 1.
Bibliography
| Crivelli 1939 | Aldo Crivelli, "La necropoli preromana di Solduno", Rivista Storica Ticinese 2/3 (1939), 193–200. |
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| 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. |
| Giussani 1940 | Antonio Giussani, "Epigrafi nord-etrusche e romane del nostro territorio", Rivista archeologica della provincia e antica diocesi di Como 123–124 (1940), 5–20. |
