VB·7 Ornavasso
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| Classification: | cup |
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| Material: | pottery |
| Size: | height 5.3 cm, max. diam. 14.5 cm, foot diam. 4.3 cm |
| Condition: | complete |
| 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 102 |
| Coordinates (approx.): | 45° 59' 1.85" N, 8° 24' 12.32" E |
| Find date: | 1890–1893 |
| Find circumstances: | excavation |
| Finder: | Enrico Bianchetti |
| Current location: | Museo del Paesaggio – Sezione archeologica ‟Enrico Bianchetti” (Ornavasso) |
| Inventory no.: | 683 (544) |
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| Inscription: | VB·7 (kri) |
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| Alternative sigla: | Whatmough 1933 (PID): 310 Solinas 1995: 134 Morandi 2004: 52 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 554 f. no. 52 |
Images
 Cup VB·7 Ornavasso
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 Cup VB·7 Ornavasso with inscription VB·7
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Commentary
Image in Piana Agostinetti 1972: 114, fig. 106.2 (drawing).
Truncated conical cup of reddish clay (ceramica comune) found in the inhumation grave no. 102 of the San Bernardo necropolis (Bianchetti 1895: 152 with grave inventory); fully preserved. A chevron is incised, possibly before firing, on the inside rim. Grave inventory dated to Graue II. See also Piana Agostinetti 1972: 114 f., Graue 1974: 231, Piana Agostinetti 1997–1999 II: 62.
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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