TI·45 Bioggio

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Object
Classification:	stela
Material:	stone
Size:	length 187 cm, width 68 cm, thickness 11.5 cm
Condition:	complete
Autopsy by:	Corinna Salomon
Date of autopsy:	Oct 19 2023
Archaeological culture:	Golasecca III A, La Tène B, La Tène C
Date:	5th–mid-2rd c. BC
Date derived from:	typology
Site:	Bioggio (Ticino, Switzerland)
Coordinates (approx.):	46° 0' 53.00" N, 8° 54' 19.00" E
Find date:	1996
Find circumstances:	excavation
Current location:	Casa comunale (Bioggio)
Inventory no.:	27.1996.37
Inscriptions:	TI·45.1 (]ẹ?ẹ[   ]alui:pala) TI·45.2 (aụaị:uesa?aị:pala)
Alternative sigla:	Morandi 2004: 302
Sources:	Morandi 2004: 719 no. 302

Images

Stela TI·45 Bioggio with inscriptions TI·45.1 and TI·45.2 from Morandi

Stela TI·45 Bioggio with inscriptions TI·45.1 and TI·45.2

Commentary

Image in Morandi 2004: 811, tav. XXXIV.302 (photo).

Mica schist stela found in secondary context in the area of a Roman temple for Jupiter (mid-2^nd–early 3^rd c. AD) (Piana Agostinetti 2004: 170; cf. TI·44 Bioggio and see Bioggio for details). See the inscription page on the typological/palaeographical dating.

Corinna Salomon