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Multi-periodSite Name: Pregassona Lepontische SteleCountry: Switzerland
NOTE: This site is 1.151 km away from the location you searched for.
Canton: Tessin Type: Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: Lugano
Latitude: 46.026260N Longitude: 8.977550E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
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| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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Sculptured Stone in Tessin
Small stone slab 43 x 23 x 10,5 cm with a Lepontic inscription. It reads as follows: “uisou" or "uosiu[i]".
The stone slab was discovered in 1924. It is kept in the depository of the Ufficio dei beni culturali in Bellinzona.
References:
1) Link to SSDI Object No. 6963.P.01
2) Romeo Dell’Era, “uisou o uosiu[i]? Cambiando senso, il senso cambia. Nuova lettura di un’iscrizione celtica da Pregassona (Lugano)”, in: M. Aberson, Mélanges offerts à Rudolf Wachter, Lausanne 2020, pp. 215-220.
3) TI·38 Pregassona - Lexicon Leponticum (univie.ac.at)
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