TI·24 Locarno

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Object
Classification:	bottle
Archaeological Type:	fiasca a trottola
Material:	pottery
Size:	height 12.5 cm, mouth diam. 2.5 cm, max. diam. 17 cm, foot diam. 8.2 cm
Condition:	complete, broken, repaired
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 C 42
Coordinates (approx.):	46° 10' 12.67" N, 8° 46' 42.25" E
Find date:	1938
Find circumstances:	excavation
Current location:	Museo Civico e Archeologico Castello Visconteo (Locarno)
Inventory no.:	134.1938.312
Inscription:	TI·24 (śium)
Alternative sigla:	Morandi 2004: 278
Sources:	Morandi 2004: 706 no. 278

Images

Fiasca a trottola TI·24 Locarno with inscription TI·24

Fiasca a trottola TI·24 Locarno

Commentary

Image in Stöckli 1975: 54, Abb. 51.11 = 174, Taf. 36 (drawing).

Fiasca a trottola, partly broken into fragments but practically complete, found in the Solduno necropolis; the remains of circular decorations are visible. One of three inscribed Kreiselflaschen from Solduno (cf. TI·21 Locarno, TI·22 Locarno); on the dating see Stöckli 1975: 50–52, also De Marinis & Biaggio Simona 2000: 462, no. 540.

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.