VB·18 Ornavasso
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| Classification: | cup |
| Archaeological Type: | terra sigillata type Haltern 15 b |
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| Material: | pottery |
| Size: | height 3.5 cm, rim diam. 7.5 cm, foot diam. 3.3 cm |
| Condition: | complete |
| Autopsy by: | Corinna Salomon |
| Date of autopsy: | Apr 20 2024 |
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| Archaeological culture: | Roman imperial period |
| Date: | second quarter of 1st c. AD |
| Date derived from: | typology, archaeological context |
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| Site: | Ornavasso (Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piemonte, Italy) |
| Field name: | In Persona |
| Archaeological context: | grave 131 |
| Coordinates (approx.): | 45° 59' 4.76" N, 8° 24' 3.50" E |
| Find date: | 1890–1893 |
| Find circumstances: | excavation |
| Finder: | Enrico Bianchetti |
| Current location: | Museo del Paesaggio – Sezione archeologica ‟Enrico Bianchetti” (Ornavasso) |
| Inventory no.: | 1886 (1405) |
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| Inscription: | VB·18 (atecua) |
| Stamp: | A^VILI |
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| Alternative sigla: | Whatmough 1933 (PID): 319 Morandi 2004: 61 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 561 no. 61 |
Images
 Cup VB·18 Ornavasso
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 Cup VB·18 Ornavasso with pottery stamp
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Commentary
Images in Bianchetti 1895: tav. XXIII.10 (photo), Graue 1974: Taf. 79.5 (drawing).
Small terra sigillata cup type Haltern 15 b found in the inhumation grave no. 131 of the In Persona necropolis (see Bianchetti 1895: 272 with grave inventory). Stamp of the potter Avillius (OCK no. 371), who was active between 20 BC and 40 AD (cf. NO·12 from Oleggio). Grave inventory and object dated to Graue V. See also Graue 1974: 149, 268, Piana Agostinetti 1997–1999 II: 137, n. 1887.
Bibliography
| Bianchetti 1895 | Enrico Bianchetti, I sepolcreti di Ornavasso [= Atti della Società di Archeologia e Belle Arti della provincia di Torino 6], Torino: Paravia 1895. |
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