VB·8 Ornavasso
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| Classification: | bottle |
| Archaeological Type: | fiasca a trottola |
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| Material: | pottery |
| Size: | height 18 cm, max. diam. 24.8 cm, foot diam. 11.8 cm, mouth diam. 3.8 cm |
| Condition: | complete, broken, repaired |
| Autopsy by: | Corinna Salomon |
| Date of autopsy: | Apr 20 2024 |
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| Archaeological culture: | La Tène C 2 |
| Date: | second half of 2nd c. BC |
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| Site: | Ornavasso (Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piemonte, Italy) |
| Field name: | San Bernardo |
| Archaeological context: | grave 51 |
| Coordinates (approx.): | 45° 59' 2.51" 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.: | 469 (385) |
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| Inscription: | VB·8 (sa) |
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| Alternative sigla: | Solinas 1995: 138 Morandi 2004: 53 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 555 no. 53 |
Commentary
Vaso a trottola of reddish clay decorated with painted white patterned bands, found in the inhumation grave no. 51 of the San Bernardo necropolis (Bianchetti 1895: 131 with grave inventory); completely reassembled from multiple fragments. Dating from Morandi.
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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