TI·27 Mezzovico-Vira
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| Proper name: | Stela of Mezzovico |
| Classification: | stela |
| Archaeological Type: | De Marinis B |
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| Material: | stone |
| Material composition: | granite gneiss |
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| Extension (h×w×d): | 275 cm108.268 in <br /> × 28 cm11.024 in <br /> × 42 cm16.535 in <br /> |
| Condition: | unknown |
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| Archaeological culture: | Golasecca III A |
| Date: | 5th / beginning of 4th century BC |
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| Site: | Mezzovico-Vira (Ticino, Switzerland) |
| Field name: | guesthouse "La Palazzina" |
| Coordinates (approx.): | 46° 5' 12.21" N, 8° 55' 10.93" E |
| Find date: | March 1984 |
| Find circumstances: | construction work |
| Finder: | Luigi Coldesina (reputed finder) |
| Current location: | Museo Civico e Archeologico (Locarno) |
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| Alternative sigla: | Solinas 1995: 20 Motta 2000: 3 Morandi 2004: 26, 26 bis, 280 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 533-534 & 707-708 & 784 (pl. VII.24) Motta 2000: 198-199 Solinas 1995: 327-328 |
Images
 Stela TI·27 Mezzovico-Vira with inscription TI·27.1
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 Stela TI·27 Mezzovico-Vira (photograph by C. Reguzzi)
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Commentary
Normally positioned at the wall of the guesthouse "Le Palazzina" in Mezzovico but now (2004) taken to Locarno for restauration work.
Dating: Tibiletti Bruno 1997: 1003-1005 dates this Stela due to the iconography to a late phase (degenerated representation of a human silouhette).
- Tibiletti Bruno 1997: 1003-1005, 1007, 1011-1015, 1018-1020 (detailed description, discussion and comparison with other Lepontic inscriptions)
