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== Commentary ==
== Commentary ==
Published in {{bib|Tschurtschenthaler & Wein 1998}}: 247; {{bib|Tschurtschenthaler & Wein 2002}}: 663–664.
Published in {{bib|Tschurtschenthaler & Wein 1998}}: 247; {{bib|Tschurtschenthaler & Wein 2002}}: 664.


Image in {{bib|Tschurtschenthaler & Wein 1998}}: 249, fig. 24 (photo).
Image in {{bib|Tschurtschenthaler & Wein 1998}}: 249, fig. 24 (photo).


The fragment is most probably the handle of a ceramic vessel type Henkelbecher (cf. {{bib|Tschurtschenthaler & Wein 2002}}: 663). Cylindrical cross section. Fine clay, from brown to dark grey in colour, moderately tempered with fine-grained sand and cast gold as well as argentine mica; reduction firing; burnished.
The fragment is most probably the handle of a ceramic vessel type Henkelbecher. It is a typical find from the Pillerhöhe insofar as Henkelbecher are a large find group there, and usually the only sizeable fragments of the intentionally destroyed beakers are the comparatively thick handles ({{bib|Tschurtschenthaler & Wein 2002}}: 663). Cylindrical cross section. Fine clay, from brown to dark grey in colour, moderately tempered with fine-grained sand and cast gold as well as argentine mica; reduction firing; burnished.


The handle was found in 1996 during the annual excavations on the Pillerhöhe executed by the Institute of Classical Archaeology of the University Innsbruck since 1992. It was discovered in the area of the fairground near the burnt-offerings site. See [[index::Pillerhöhe]] for more information about the archaeological context.
The handle, found in 1996 during the annual excavations on the Pillerhöhe, was discovered in the area of the fairground near the burnt-offerings site. Like the major part of the object offerings on the Pillerhöhe, the handle does not have burn marks and can be considered a deposit offering, even if the place of discovery does not necessarily correspond to the place of deposit. See [[index::Pillerhöhe]] for more information about the archaeological context. The dating to the early La Tène period is based upon the fact that the larger part of the Pillerhöhe ceramics consists in early Fritzens-Sanzeno pottery; see {{bib|Tschurtschenthaler & Wein 1998}}: 247 and {{bib|Tschurtschenthaler & Wein 2002}}: 663f. for details about the ceramic finds from the Pillerhöhe.
 
The major part of these offerings does not indicate burn marks and can be considered deposit offerings whereas sometimes fragments of the same object were spread over the entire area of the fairground. However, it can be supposed that the place of discovery does not correspond to the place of deposit. Probably the spreading is caused secondarily (cp. {{bib|Tschurtschenthaler & Wein 1998}}: 236).<br>A large number of the entire earthenware from the fairground of the [[index::Pillerhöhe]] is presented by the vessels type Henkelbecher. However, in the majority of cases only the handles of this ceramic type are extant (cp. {{bib|Tschurtschenthaler & Wein 1998}}: 247; {{bib|Tschurtschenthaler & Wein 2002}}: 663).<br>Concerning the entire pottery discovered on the [[index::Pillerhöhe]] it can be stated that the quantity of ceramic increases during the La Tène period. However, the major part presents early Fritzens-Sanzeno-pottery. Tschurtschenthaler and Wein, in accord with Gleirscher, propose a dating to the Early [[index::chronological classification|La Tène period]] (cp. {{bib|Tschurtschenthaler & Wein 1998}}: 247, fn. 110 and 113; {{bib|Tschurtschenthaler & Wein 2002}}: 663–664, fn. 110 and 113). Therefore the above-mentioned dating to La Tène A is concerted with this common chronological classification of the pottery from the [[index::Pillerhöhe]].


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Revision as of 23:31, 31 January 2020

Object
Classification: handle
Archaeological type: Henkelbecher
Material: pottery
Size: length: 4.6 cm, diameter: 1.3 cm
Condition: fragmentary
Archaeological culture: La Tène A

Site: Fliess (Tirol, Austria)
Field name: Pillerhöhe
Archaeological context: fairground
Coordinates (approx.): 47° 7' 3.97" N, 10° 40' 3.11" E
Find date: 1996
Find circumstances: excavation
Current location: Archäologisches Museum Fliess (on exhibition)
Inventory Nr.: Pi 293/96/1

Inscription: IT-8 (piθan[)

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Commentary

Published in Tschurtschenthaler & Wein 1998: 247; Tschurtschenthaler & Wein 2002: 664.

Image in Tschurtschenthaler & Wein 1998: 249, fig. 24 (photo).

The fragment is most probably the handle of a ceramic vessel type Henkelbecher. It is a typical find from the Pillerhöhe insofar as Henkelbecher are a large find group there, and usually the only sizeable fragments of the intentionally destroyed beakers are the comparatively thick handles (Tschurtschenthaler & Wein 2002: 663). Cylindrical cross section. Fine clay, from brown to dark grey in colour, moderately tempered with fine-grained sand and cast gold as well as argentine mica; reduction firing; burnished.

The handle, found in 1996 during the annual excavations on the Pillerhöhe, was discovered in the area of the fairground near the burnt-offerings site. Like the major part of the object offerings on the Pillerhöhe, the handle does not have burn marks and can be considered a deposit offering, even if the place of discovery does not necessarily correspond to the place of deposit. See Pillerhöhe for more information about the archaeological context. The dating to the early La Tène period is based upon the fact that the larger part of the Pillerhöhe ceramics consists in early Fritzens-Sanzeno pottery; see Tschurtschenthaler & Wein 1998: 247 and Tschurtschenthaler & Wein 2002: 663f. for details about the ceramic finds from the Pillerhöhe.

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