TI·26 Vira Gambarogno
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| Classification: | stela |
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| Material: | stone |
| Size: | lenght 105 cm, width 43 cm, thickness 5 cm |
| Condition: | incomplete |
| Autopsy by: | Corinna Salomon |
| Date of autopsy: | Oct 16 2023 |
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| Archaeological culture: | La Tène B, La Tène C |
| Date: | 4th–mid-2nd c. BC |
| Date derived from: | typology |
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| Site: | Vira Gambarogno (Ticino, Switzerland) |
| Coordinates (approx.): | 46° 8' 26.70" N, 8° 50' 25.11" E |
| Find date: | 1917 |
| Find circumstances: | construction work |
| Current location: | Museo Castello di Montebello (Bellinzona) |
| Inventory no.: | 252.1945.532 |
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| Inscription: | TI·26 (teromui:kualui) |
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| Alternative sigla: | Whatmough 1933 (PID): 267 Solinas 1995: 29 Motta 2000: 4 Morandi 2004: 25 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 533 no. 25 |
Images
 Stela TI·26 Vira Gambarogno from Motta
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 Stela TI·26 Vira Gambarogno with inscription TI·26
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Commentary
Images in Giussani 1919: 16, fig. 1 (photo), Motta 2000: 199, fig. 3 (photo = Stifter 2020: ?).
Irregular stela of beola gneiss, incomplete on top, found during the building of the road to Indemini in mid-March 1917, when a moraine was cleared near the locality Campaccio, at a depth of ca. 1.5 m (Giussani 1919: 15 f.). The stela is the only inscribed stone document from the Sopraceneri, but belongs typologically with the ones from the Sottoceneri (Lugano area) (Piana Agostinetti 2004: 145 f.); assuming that the stela did not significantly extend beyond the top of the inscription frame, it is a comparatively short specimen of the pala-stelae. See the inscription page on the typological/palaeographical dating.
