VB·4 Ornavasso
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| Classification: | bottle |
| Archaeological Type: | fiasca a trottola |
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| Material: | pottery |
| Size: | height 14.4 cm, max. diam. 21.1 cm, foot diam. 9.3 cm, mouth diam. 2.2 cm |
| Condition: | complete, damaged |
| 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 105 |
| Coordinates (approx.): | 45° 59' 1.82" N, 8° 24' 12.25" E |
| Find date: | 1890–1893 |
| Find circumstances: | excavation |
| Finder: | Enrico Bianchetti |
| Current location: | Museo del Paesaggio – Sezione archeologica ‟Enrico Bianchetti” (Ornavasso) |
| Inventory no.: | 705 (562) |
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| Inscription: | VB·4 (atios) |
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| Alternative sigla: | Whatmough 1933 (PID): 308 Solinas 1995: 132 Morandi 2004: 49 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 553 no. 49 |
Images
 Bottle VB·4 Ornavasso from Morandi 1999
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 Flask VB·4 Ornavasso with inscription VB·4
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Commentary
Images in Piana Agostinetti 1972: 116, fig. 109.4 (drawing), Graue 1974: Taf. 31.1 (drawing), Morandi 1999: 196, 9.2 (photo = Morandi 2004: tav. X.49).
Vaso a trottola with one white circular band painted on the shoulder, found in the inhumation grave no. 105 of the San Bernardo necropolis (Bianchetti 1895: 153 f. with list of furniture); in perfect condition apart from a small hole in the side. Grave inventory, including a denarius of Maenius Antiacus (struck 119–110 BC), dated to Graue II. See also Piana Agostinetti 1972: 116 f., Graue 1974: 139, 231, Piana Agostinetti 1997–1999 II: 63.
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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