VA·13 Arsago Seprio

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Object
Classification:	bowl
Archaeological Type:	patera imit. Lamboglia 5/7 / Morel 2283
Material:	pottery
Size:	height 4.5 cm, mouth diam. 19.8 cm, foot diam. 7.5 cm
Condition:	complete
Autopsy by:	Corinna Salomon
Date of autopsy:	Apr 30 2022
Archaeological culture:	Augustan
Date:	late 1st c. BC
Date derived from:	archaeological context
Site:	Arsago Seprio (Varese, Lombardia, Italy)
Field name:	Sant'Ambrogio
Archaeological context:	grave 1/1986–7
Coordinates (approx.):	45° 41' 1.31" N, 8° 44' 2.68" E
Find date:	1986–1987
Find circumstances:	excavation
Finder:	Soprintendenza Archeologica della Lombardia
Current location:	Civico Museo Archeologico (Arsago Seprio)
Inventory no.:	St 60284
Inscription:	VA·13 (polios)
Alternative sigla:	Morandi 2004: 113
Sources:	Morandi 2004: 599 f. no. 113

Images

Bowl VA·13 Arsago Seprio from Morandi

Patera VA·13 Arsago Seprio

Patera VA·13 Arsago Seprio with inscription VA·13

Commentary

Images in Binaghi Leva 1988: 39, fig. 29 (photo of grave inventory), Veronesi 1990: tav. XIIIl (drawing), Morandi 2004: tav. XVII.113 (photo).

Unglazed patera imitating type Lamboglia 5/7 / Morel 2283, found in grave 1 (excavation 1986/1987) of the Sant'Ambrogio necropolis as part of a large amount of furniture; the burial of a female is considered to be one of the elite graves (Binaghi Leva 1990: 34, 52–54). From the same context (ustrinum) VA·26 Arsago Seprio. Dating from Binaghi Leva 1990: 52 for the grave; Morandi 2001: 12, no. 4 gives the 2^nd century BC.

Corinna Salomon

Bibliography

Binaghi Leva 1988	Maria Adelaide Binaghi Leva, "Arsago Seprio (Varese). Località S. Ambrogio, via Roma. Necropoli celtica", Notiziario della Soprintendenza Archeologica della Lombardia (1987 [1988]), 38–40.
Binaghi Leva 1990	Maria Adelaide Binaghi Leva, "Classificazione tipologica dei corredi", in: Giordano Veronesi (ed.), Arsago. Nullus in Insubria pagus vetustior. Studi in memoria di Silvio Pozzi, Varese: Edizioni Lativa 1990, 34–60.