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|date=4th–2nd centuries BC | |||
|date_derivation=archaeological context | |||
|site=Rotzo | |site=Rotzo | ||
|find_circumstances=stray find | |find_circumstances=stray find | ||
|sortdate_find=1881 | |sortdate_find=1881 | ||
|location=unknown | |location=unknown | ||
|accessibility=lost | |||
|source=Nalli 1895: 258 (No. 1); PID: 31–32 (No. 217) | |source=Nalli 1895: 258 (No. 1); PID: 31–32 (No. 217) | ||
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== Commentary == | == Commentary == | ||
Fragment of a ceramic vessel.<br>Nalli mentions that the potsherd together with a bone needle ( | Fragment of a ceramic vessel.<br>Nalli mentions that the potsherd was found by himself together with a bone needle (cp. [[index::AS-13 needle]]) and the bottom of another ceramic vessel in the area of [[index::Bostel]]. But he gives no further information about find date or find context. The find year 1881 is mentioned by Whatmough (cp. {{bib|PID}}: 31).<br>Formerly the fragment was preserved in the small museum ''Museo (Alpino) di Asiago'' which was directed by Giuseppe Nalli (cp. {{bib|Nalli 1895}}: 258). The entire material kept in the museum got lost during the bombardements of the war years 1915-1918 (cp. {{bib|Leonardi & Ruta Serafini 1981}}: 10). As consequence the museum was not reconstructed. Therefore Whatmough's statement that the object is lost and the inscription only documented in form of the transcription given by Molon and Nalli, is comprehensible (cp. {{bib|PID}}: 30; for Molon and Nalli cp. {{bib|Molon 1881}}: 154, {{bib|Nalli 1895}}:258). Also Pellegrini regrets the loss of the object and mentions the insufficient quality of Molon's and Nalli's transcription (cp. {{bib|Pellegrini 1915}}: 122).<br>According to Leonardi and Ruta Serafini the analysis of the excavations and the material yields the following timeframe: related to the entire material and the residential structure discovered during the excavations of 1912 and 1969 only few facts date to the [[index::chronological classification|III periodo atestino]]. The major part dates to the 4th–2nd centuries BC (cp. {{bib|Leonardi & Ruta Serafini 1981}}: 66). Therefore, related to the potsherd due to the fact that it derives also from [[index::Bostel]], a dating to the 4th–2nd centuries BC is to be favoured.<br>Because of the fact that the object is lost no autopsy by the ''Thesaurus Inscriptionum Raeticarum'' is possible. The indications follow the information given in literature (cp. below the bibliography). | ||
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Revision as of 14:07, 6 August 2014
| Object | |
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| Classification: | vessel |
| Material: | pottery |
| Condition: | fragmentary |
| Date: | 4th–2nd centuries BC |
| Date derived from: | archaeological context |
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| Site: | Rotzo (Vicenza, Veneto, Italy) |
| Coordinates (approx.): | 45° 51' 43.20" N, 11° 23' 49.20" E [from site] |
| Find date: | 1881 |
| Find circumstances: | stray find |
| Current location: | unknown (lost) |
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| Inscription: | AS-2 (? iθθi) |
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| Sources: | Nalli 1895: 258 (No. 1) PID: 31–32 (No. 217) |
Commentary
Fragment of a ceramic vessel.
Nalli mentions that the potsherd was found by himself together with a bone needle (cp. AS-13 needle) and the bottom of another ceramic vessel in the area of Bostel. But he gives no further information about find date or find context. The find year 1881 is mentioned by Whatmough (cp. PID: 31).
Formerly the fragment was preserved in the small museum Museo (Alpino) di Asiago which was directed by Giuseppe Nalli (cp. Nalli 1895: 258). The entire material kept in the museum got lost during the bombardements of the war years 1915-1918 (cp. Leonardi & Ruta Serafini 1981: 10). As consequence the museum was not reconstructed. Therefore Whatmough's statement that the object is lost and the inscription only documented in form of the transcription given by Molon and Nalli, is comprehensible (cp. PID: 30; for Molon and Nalli cp. Molon 1881: 154, Nalli 1895:258). Also Pellegrini regrets the loss of the object and mentions the insufficient quality of Molon's and Nalli's transcription (cp. Pellegrini 1915: 122).
According to Leonardi and Ruta Serafini the analysis of the excavations and the material yields the following timeframe: related to the entire material and the residential structure discovered during the excavations of 1912 and 1969 only few facts date to the III periodo atestino. The major part dates to the 4th–2nd centuries BC (cp. Leonardi & Ruta Serafini 1981: 66). Therefore, related to the potsherd due to the fact that it derives also from Bostel, a dating to the 4th–2nd centuries BC is to be favoured.
Because of the fact that the object is lost no autopsy by the Thesaurus Inscriptionum Raeticarum is possible. The indications follow the information given in literature (cp. below the bibliography).
Bibliography
| Fiorelli 1881 | Giuseppe Fiorelli, "VII. Rotzo", Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità (1881), 154–155. |
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| Leonardi & Ruta Serafini 1981 | Giovanni Leonardi, Angela Ruta Serafini, "L'abitato protostorico di Rotzo (Altipiano di Asiago)", Preistoria Alpina 17 (1981), 7–75. |
