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== Commentary ==
== Commentary ==
Antler point.<br>Complete but damaged; on the back side sawed through for two-thirds.<br>Along an [[index::MA-17|inscription]] from left to right.<br>After the accidental finding of one [[index::MA-10|antler]] an official governmental excavation was started. The major part of the findings was discovered at the 3rd stratum near the medieval tower on the hill (cp. {{bib|Pellegrini 1918}}: 175).<br>According to Pellegrini the whole antler group from Magrè dates to the Este culture - Este IV - and due to the archaic appearance of the characters the antlers date to the first half of this period, therefore to the 4th century BC (cp. {{bib|Pellegrini 1918}}: 175–176, 206). Gambacurta however dates the entire group to the 3rd–2nd centuries BC (cp. {{bib|Gambacurta 2002}}: 122 and in consequence {{bib|Gambacurta et al. 2002}}: 188).<br>Because of the character of the find place which can definitely interpreted as ritual place, the entire antler group from Magrè has also a votive importance.<br>Current location probably the [[index::Museo Nazionale Atestino]].
Antler point.<br>Complete but damaged; on the back side sawed through for two-thirds.<br>Along an [[index::MA-17|inscription]] from left to right.<br>After the accidental finding of one [[index::MA-10|antler]] an official governmental excavation was started. The major part of the findings was discovered at the 3rd stratum near the medieval tower on the hill (cp. {{bib|Pellegrini 1918}}: 175).<br>According to Pellegrini the whole antler group from [[index::Magrè]] dates to the Este culture - Este IV - and due to the archaic appearance of the characters the antlers date to the first half of this period, therefore to the 4th century BC (cp. {{bib|Pellegrini 1918}}: 175–176, 206). Gambacurta however dates the entire group to the 3rd–2nd centuries BC (cp. {{bib|Gambacurta 2002b}}: 122 and in consequence {{bib|Gambacurta et al. 2002}}: 188).<br>Because of the character of the find place which can definitely interpreted as ritual place, the entire antler group from [[index::Magrè]] has also a votive importance. Analogous to the other antler points from [[index::Magrè]] and their current repository, in all probability the current location of the fragment is also the [[index::Museo Nazionale Atestino]].<br>So far not autopsied by the ''Thesaurus Inscriptionum Raeticarum''. The indications follow the information given in literature (cp. below the bibliography).<br>''S.K.''
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Object
Classification: unidentifiable
Material: antler
Size: length 14 cm
Condition: complete, damaged
Date: 3rd–2nd centuries BC
Date derived from: archaeological context

Site: Magrè (fraction of: Schio, Vicenza, Veneto, Italy)
Field name: Castello
Archaeological context: 3rd stratum near the medieval tower
(Objects: MA-1 antler, MA-2 antler, MA-3 antler, MA-4 antler, MA-5 antler, MA-7 antler, MA-8 antler, MA-9 antler, MA-11 antler, MA-13 antler, MA-14 antler, MA-15 antler, MA-16 antler, MA-17 antler, MA-18 antler, MA-19 antler, MA-20 antler, MA-21 antler, MA-23 antler, MA-24 ingot)
Coordinates (approx.): 45° 42' 21.60" N, 11° 20' 52.80" E [from site]
Find date: 1912
Find circumstances: excavation
Current location: unknown

Inscription: MA-17 (klevieval·θikinuasua)

Sources: Pellegrini 1918: 182 (No. 7), fig. 14
Nothdurfter 2002: 1149 (list 3, No. 5)

Commentary

Antler point.
Complete but damaged; on the back side sawed through for two-thirds.
Along an inscription from left to right.
After the accidental finding of one antler an official governmental excavation was started. The major part of the findings was discovered at the 3rd stratum near the medieval tower on the hill (cp. Pellegrini 1918: 175).
According to Pellegrini the whole antler group from Magrè dates to the Este culture - Este IV - and due to the archaic appearance of the characters the antlers date to the first half of this period, therefore to the 4th century BC (cp. Pellegrini 1918: 175–176, 206). Gambacurta however dates the entire group to the 3rd–2nd centuries BC (cp. Gambacurta 2002b: 122 and in consequence Gambacurta et al. 2002: 188).
Because of the character of the find place which can definitely interpreted as ritual place, the entire antler group from Magrè has also a votive importance. Analogous to the other antler points from Magrè and their current repository, in all probability the current location of the fragment is also the Museo Nazionale Atestino.
So far not autopsied by the Thesaurus Inscriptionum Raeticarum. The indications follow the information given in literature (cp. below the bibliography).
S.K.

Bibliography

Gambacurta 2002b Giovanna Gambacurta, "Manufatti iscritti in osso o corno", in: Giovanna Gambacurta, Daniela Locatelli, Luigi Malnati, Patrizia Manessi, Anna Marinetti, Giovanna Luisa Ravagnan (Eds), Akeo. I tempi della scrittura. Veneti antichi: alfabeti e documenti, 121–126.
Gambacurta et al. 2002 Giovanna Gambacurta, Daniela Locatelli, Luigi Malnati, Patrizia Manessi, Anna Marinetti, Giovanna Luisa Ravagnan (Eds), "Catalogo. Veneti antichi. Alfabeti e documenti", in: Giovanna Gambacurta, Daniela Locatelli, Luigi Malnati, Patrizia Manessi, Anna Marinetti, Giovanna Luisa Ravagnan (Eds), Akeo. I tempi della scrittura. Veneti antichi: alfabeti e documenti, 157–275.