View source for NO-15 rod

{{object
|type_object=unidentifiable
|material=bronze
|dimension=length: 10.3 cm, diameter: 9 mm, diameter (gold wire): 1 mm
|dimension_max=10.3 cm
|condition=complete
|sortdate=-300
|date=5th–2nd centuries BC
|date_derivation=archaeological context
|site=Cles
|field_name=Campi Neri,
|find_context=sanctuary
|find_circumstances=excavation
|date_find=between 1999 and 2007
|location=Museo Retico Sanzeno
|inventory_number=CCN 1406
|accessibility=on exhibition
|source=Marchesini 2014: 129, fig. 1
|checklevel=0
}}
== Commentary ==
Bronze rod.<br>Complete; round cross-section; either ends rounded. Patina, from yellowish-brownish to green, smooth, slightly corroded with abrasions in particular on the back side. At one end one circumferential indentation made intentionally.<br>A gold ring of thin wire around the [[NO-15 rod|rod]]. However it cannot necessarily assumed that the gold wire is really part of the [[NO-15 rod|object]] or if it was an accidental finding situation.<br>The above-mentioned dimensions result of the autopsy by the ''{{SITENAME}}''. Marchesini indicates: "''L'astina di bronzo (...) di forma cilindrica (...), con un diametro (...) da 0,6 a 0,4 cm. La lunghezza è di 11,4 cm. Un anellino d'oro (diam. 1,1 cm ca.), di filo sottile (diam. 0,2 cm)''" (cp. {{bib|Marchesini 2014}}: 129).<br>Along an [[index::NO-15|extensive inscription]] which displays a dedication from [[index::esumnesi|Esumne]] to [[index::tianus|Tianu]] where the latter probably indicates a Raetic theonym. Moreover [[index::utiku]] appears which can also be connected with the ritual act of dedication.<br>The [[NO-15 rod|bronze rod]] was found during the excavations effected in [[index::Cles]], [[index::Campi Neri]] between 1999 and 2007. The excavations were executed by the [[index::Soprintendenza per i beni culturali della Provincia autonoma di Trento – Ufficio beni archeologici|monument protection service]]. Due to these excavations the area of the [[index::Campi Neri]] could be identified as cult site with a duration from the end of the Copper Age to the late Roman Period, almost without interruption of use. The findings related to the Fritzens-Sanzeno culture can be dated from the 5th to the 2nd centuries BC. The [[NO-15 rod|bronze rod]] was found together with another [[index::NO-16 bronze|bronze object]] in a large pit with a carbonised filling. According to Endrizzi's indications it is conceivable that the pit and the here laid down objects must be related to the construction of the way in the Roman period and the entire finding must be interpreted as votive deposit of the Roman period where votive offerings from the Raetic period were used (cp. {{bib|Endrizzi 2014}}: 128).<br>The function of the [[NO-15 rod|rod]] could not be reliably determined however a cultic function can probably be assumed related to the find context of the [[NO-15 rod|object]]. Possibly the [[NO-15 rod|bronze rod]] can be connected with objects in general used for the divination like the astragaloi or the sortes (cp. for the sortes in the Fritzens-Sanzeno culture: {{bib|Zemmer-Plank 2002}}). Concerning the [[index::NO-15|inscription]] and the potential interpretation of [[index::tianus|Tianu]] as Raetic theonym the [[NO-15 rod|bronze rod]] represents a votive offering. Together with the other objects filled in the pit the [[NO-15 rod|rod]] was part of a votive deposit.<br>In the recently released study about the Raetic inscriptions by Marchesini the [[NO-15 rod|rod]] is listed with "MLR 30", an autopsy was effected. The here given inventory number "R.R. 1406" displays the find number (cp. {{bib|MLR}}: 58 [MLR 30]; ''Note'': R.R. = Reperto registrato). The above-mentioned inventory number "CCN 1406" is the actually valid inventory number where the indication "CCN" refers to the finding place [[index::Cles]], [[index::Campi Neri]].<br>Autopsied by the ''Thesaurus Inscriptionum Raeticarum'' in October 2014.
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