VB·20 Gravellona Toce

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Object
Classification: bottle
Archaeological Type: fiasca a trottola

Material: pottery
Size: height 13.4 cm, max. diam. 18 cm
Condition: unknown

Archaeological culture: La Tène D
Date: first half of 1st c. BC
Date derived from: typology, archaeological context

Site: Gravellona Toce (Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piemonte, Italy)
Field name: Pedemonte necropolis
Archaeological context: grave 17
Coordinates (approx.): 45° 56' 2.23" N, 8° 25' 29.04" E
Find date: 1950s
Find circumstances: excavation
Finder: Felice Pattaroni
Current location: unknown

Inscription: VB·20 (pa)

Alternative sigla: Morandi 2004: 63

Sources: Morandi 2004: 562 no. 63

Commentary

Image in Piana Agostinetti 1972: 186, fig. 190.1 (drawing).

Vaso a trottola painted with brown concentric bands, found in the cremation grave 17 of the Pedemonte necropolis (locality Selvareggia); see Piana Agostinetti 1972: 185 f. with a list of the furniture. Grave inventory and object dated to Graue II (Graue 1974: 156). Assumed to be in the Antiquarium of Gravellona Toce.

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