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Multi-periodSite Name: Dino Lepontische SteleCountry: Switzerland
NOTE: This site is 10.265 km away from the location you searched for.
Canton: Tessin Type: Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: Lugano Nearest Village: Dino
Latitude: 46.052558N Longitude: 8.985200E
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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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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Sculptured Stone in Tessin
In 2007, during reparation works of Villa Elena (casa Ghirlanda-Lepori), some objects were discovered built into a wall of this building, probably in order to preserve them. Amongst these objects was also a stone which turned out to be the upper part of a stele with celtic inscription. The inscription in Lepontic characters reads: […] uikalai. The writing is read from right to left.
The stele has a length of 48 cm, a breadth of 27 cm and a width of 10,5 cm. It was dated to the 4th to the middle of the 2nd Century BC.
It is safe and secure in a depot of Ufficio Cantonale dei Beni Culturali, Viale Stefano Franscini 30a, 6501 Bellinzona. tel. +41 91 814 13 80.
References:
1) Dell´Era Romeo, Una stele con iscrizione celtica individuata a Dino (Lugano, Canton Ticino), in Quaderni Ticinesi di Numismatica e Antiquità Classiche, NAC, 2018, p. 151 f.
2) SSDI Object No. 6967.02
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