SZ-33 hoe

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Object
Classification:	hoe
Material:	iron
Condition:	complete
Archaeological culture:	Hallstatt D
Date:	7th - 5th centuries BC
Date derived from:	typology
Site:	Sanzeno (Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy)
Coordinates (approx.):	46° 21' 57.60" N, 11° 4' 30.00" E [from site]
Find date:	unknown
Current location:	Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum (repository)
Inventory Nr.:	12.328
Inscription:	SZ-33 (þine)
Sources:	Franz 1959: 228, Taf. 1 Nothdurfter 1979: 127 (Nr. 359) Taf. 29

Images

Object SZ-33 hoe with inscription SZ-33.

Commentary

Concerning this hoe with tang the extreme top is forcibly deformed, however there are no further traces for abrasion, except for the hammer blows on the outer side of the blade. On the shaft tang there are characters. Size of the hoe: length 23,8cm, width 10,9cm.
There are no detailed informations about the find circumstances. It is only known that the hoe was acquired by the Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum (Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum) with other discoveries of Sanzeno from the antiquary Josef Schenk from Meran / Merano 13th November, 1903.
The hoe is typical to comparable objects of Sanzeno. There are two versions of these hoes: the shaft tang of one type is curved outward, an inward curving of the shaft tang is typical for the other model. According to Franz (Franz 1959: 228) probably the late Hallstatt period could be taken as dating.
(Franz 1959: 228, with photo Taf. 1; Nothdurfter 1979: 127 (Nr. 359), with archeological drawing Taf. 29)

Bibliography

Franz 1959	Leonhard Franz, "Rätische Inschriften im Innsbrucker Landesmuseum", Der Schlern 33 (1959), 228–229.