TI·56 Giubiasco

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Object
Classification:	bottle
Archaeological Type:	fiasca a trottola
Material:	pottery
Size:	max. diam. 13.5 cm, mouth diam. 3.5 cm, foot diam. 7.3 cm, height 13 cm
Condition:	complete
Autopsy by:	Corinna Salomon
Date of autopsy:	Oct 16 2023
Archaeological culture:	La Tène C 2
Date:	2nd c. BC
Date derived from:	typology, archaeological context
Site:	Giubiasco (fraction of: Bellinzona, Ticino, Switzerland)
Field name:	Palasio
Archaeological context:	tomb 21
Coordinates (approx.):	46° 10' 22.30" N, 9° 0' 57.20" E
Find date:	2013
Find circumstances:	excavation
Finder:	Ufficio cantonale dei Beni Culturali
Current location:	Museo Castello di Montebello (Bellinzona)
Inventory no.:	113.2013.1
Inscription:	TI·56 (tati)
Alternative sigla:	none
Sources:	Salomon 2024c: 3–5

Images

Bottle TI·56 Giubiasco with inscription TI·56

Bottle TI·56 Giubiasco

Bottle TI·56 Giubiasco with mark on the foot

Commentary

Images in Tori et al. 2022: 746, fig. 1 (drawing), Salomon 2024c: 4, fig. 2 (photos as above).

Perfectly preserved vaso a trottola, type 2 in the system of Tori et al. 2010: 215 f., decorated with four concentric circles around the widest section and three around the neck, painted in reddish-brown colour, found in tomb 21 of the late Iron-age necropolis of Palasio. Tomb 21 is one of three which were chosen for immediate analysis and restauration due to its rich furniture, which is currently exhibited in its entirety in the Museo Castello di Montebello in Bellinzona, and includes three bronze fibulae, a pair of bronze earrings with amber beads, a silver spiral ring and an iron chain belt (all on the body of the deceased), as well as a ceramic bowl and goblet (De Marinis type H) placed, with the inscribed bottle, at the feet of the body. (See Mosetti 2016: 6 f., Tori et al. 2022: 743, with drawings of the objects p. 746, for details about the tomb.) Dating of the tomb to La Tène C2 according to Tori et al. 2022: 745.

Corinna Salomon