VB·27 Stresa
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Classification: | stela |
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Material: | stone |
Size: | height 220 cm, width 60 cm, thickness 9 cm |
Condition: | unknown |
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Archaeological culture: | unknown |
Date: | end of 2nd / 1st century BC |
Date derived from: | palaeography |
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Site: | Stresa (Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piemonte, Italy) |
Field name: | Levo |
Coordinates (approx.): | 45° 53' 2.87" N, 8° 30' 27.10" E |
Find date: | 1887 |
Find circumstances: | construction work |
Current location: | Museo di Antichità (Torino) |
Inventory no.: | St 496 |
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Inscription: | VB·27 (atekua/aśounị) |
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Alternative sigla: | Whatmough 1933 (PID): 302 Tibiletti Bruno 1981: 17 Solinas 1995: 126 Morandi 2004: 70 |
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Sources: | Morandi 2004: 567 no. 70 |
Commentary
Mica schist stela with rounded top; see Levo for the find circumstances and context. According to Ferrero 1897: 57, the tomb associated with the stela contained an iron knife, an iron ring, and the remains of a glass bead necklace. Bought by Fabretti for the museum in Torino (De-Vit in Ferrero 1889: 262). Dating from Morandi/Solinas.
Bibliography
Ferrero 1889 | Ermanno Ferrero, "Regione XI. (Transpadana)", Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità (1889), 261–262. |
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Ferrero 1897 | Ermanno Ferrero, "Iscrizioni di Chignolo Verbano", Atti della Società di Archeologia e Belle Arti per la provincia di Torino 7 (1897), 56–60. |