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 |
| Condition: | complete |
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| Archaeological culture: | La Tène D 1 |
| Date: | beginning of 1st c. BC |
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| Site: | Ornavasso (Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piemonte, Italy) |
| Field name: | San Bernardo |
| Archaeological context: | grave 105 |
| Coordinates (approx.): | 45° 58' 8.40" N, 8° 24' 57.60" E [from site] |
| Find date: | 1890–1893 |
| Current location: | Museo del Paesaggio (Verbania Pallanza) |
| Inventory no.: | 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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Commentary
Image in 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. Dating according to Morandi 1999: 172 with n. 74 based on coins found in the grave, following Piana Agostinetti 1972: 116.
