VA·18 Arsago Seprio
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| Classification: | bowl |
| Archaeological Type: | patera imit. Lamboglia 5 |
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| Material: | pottery |
| Size: | height 4.5 cm, diam. 19.2 cm, foot diam. 7.1 cm |
| Condition: | complete, broken, repaired |
| Autopsy by: | Corinna Salomon |
| Date of autopsy: | Apr 30 2022 |
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| Archaeological culture: | La Tène D 1 |
| Date: | late 2nd–early 1st c. BC |
| Date derived from: | archaeological context |
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| Site: | Arsago Seprio (Varese, Lombardia, Italy) |
| Field name: | Sant'Ambrogio |
| Archaeological context: | grave 9/1986–7 |
| 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 60325 |
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| Inscription: | VA·18 (ka) |
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| Alternative sigla: | Morandi 2004: 118 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 602 no. 118 |
Images
 VA·18 Arsago Seprio from Morandi
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 Patera VA·18 Arsago Seprio
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 Patera VA·18 Arsago Seprio with inscription VA·18
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Commentary
Images in Veronesi 1990: tav. IIIa (drawing), Morandi 2004: tav. XIX.124 (photo; erroneously identified as VA·24 Arsago Seprio).
Unglazed patera imitating type Lamboglia 5, reconstructed completely from multiple fragments, found in grave 9 (excavation 1986/1987) of the Sant'Ambrogio necropolis; see Binaghi Leva 1990: 38, 44 for details about the grave and finds. Dating from Binaghi Leva 1990; Morandi 2004 gives La Tène D1/2.
Bibliography
| 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. |
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