VB·31 Ornavasso
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| Classification: | cup |
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| Material: | pottery |
| Size: | height 7.4 cm, max diam. 17.4 cm, foot diam. 5.5 cm |
| Condition: | repaired, incomplete |
| Autopsy by: | Corinna Salomon |
| Date of autopsy: | Apr 20 2024 |
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| Archaeological culture: | La Tène D |
| Date: | first half of 1st c. BC |
| Date derived from: | typology, archaeological context |
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| Site: | Ornavasso (Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piemonte, Italy) |
| Field name: | San Bernardo |
| Archaeological context: | grave 36 |
| Coordinates (approx.): | 45° 59' 2.31" N, 8° 24' 12.03" E |
| Find date: | 1890–1893 |
| Find circumstances: | excavation |
| Finder: | Enrico Bianchetti |
| Current location: | Museo del Paesaggio – Sezione archeologica ‟Enrico Bianchetti” (Ornavasso) |
| Inventory no.: | (315) |
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| Inscription: | VB·31 (a) |
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| Alternative sigla: | Whatmough 1933 (PID): note xviii (i) Solinas 1995: 139 |
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| Sources: | Solinas 1995: 379 no. 139 |
Images
 Cup VB·31 Ornavasso
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 Cup VB·31 Ornavasso with inscription VB·31
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Commentary
Images in Piana Agostinetti 1972: 73, fig. 43.1 (drawing), Graue 1974: Taf. 24.5 (drawing).
Black-glazed cup found in the inhumation grave no. 36 of the San Bernardo necropolis (Bianchetti 1895: 117 f. with list of furniture); about one third of the wall is missing. Stamped decoration of lines and palmettes on the inside bottom. Grave inventory dated to Graue II. See also Piana Agostinetti 1972: 72 f., Graue 1974: 221, Piana Agostinetti 1997–1999: ?.
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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