VB·15 Ornavasso
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| Classification: | unidentifiable potsherd |
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| Material: | pottery |
| Size: | fragment 9.8 x 7.9 cm, foot diam. 6.9 cm |
| Condition: | fragmentary |
| Autopsy by: | Corinna Salomon |
| Date of autopsy: | Apr 20 2024 |
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| Archaeological culture: | Roman imperial period |
| Date: | 1st c. AD |
| Date derived from: | archaeological context |
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| Site: | Ornavasso (Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piemonte, Italy) |
| Field name: | In Persona |
| Archaeological context: | grave 143 |
| Coordinates (approx.): | 45° 59' 4.64" N, 8° 24' 3.86" E |
| Find date: | 1890–1893 |
| Find circumstances: | excavation |
| Finder: | Enrico Bianchetti |
| Current location: | Museo del Paesaggio – Sezione archeologica ‟Enrico Bianchetti” (Ornavasso) |
| Inventory no.: | 1956 (1440) |
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| Inscription: | VB·15 (onesi) |
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| Alternative sigla: | Whatmough 1933 (PID): 316 Morandi 2004: 59 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 560 no. 59 |
Images
 Fragment VB·15 Ornavasso
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 Fragment VB·15 Ornavasso with inscription VB·15
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Commentary
Fragment (complete foot and small sections of the bottom) of an open vessel found in the inhumation grave no. 143 of the In Persona necropolis (see Bianchetti 1895: 278 f. with the grave inventory). Bianchetti, who had more fragments than are preserved today, called the vessel a "piatto [...] rotto in molti pezzi", but the high foot (1 cm) seems to indicate a cup similar to VB·13 Ornavasso. The sparse inventory of the disturbed grave cannot be dated precisely. See also Graue 1974: 269, Piana Agostinetti 1997–1999: 398 f., n. 1956.
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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