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|condition=damaged, incomplete, restored
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== Commentary ==
== Commentary ==
Fragment of a musical instrument.<br>Generally considered to be part of a angle harp (cp. {{bib|Tomedi 2001}}: 31, {{bib|Tomedi 2004}}: 384). Also arguable as part of a lyre.<br>Highly skilfully carved of a single very large antler piece of a red deer (''Cervus elaphus''), an assumption confirmed by a zooligst.
Fragment of a musical instrument.<br>Generally considered to be part of a angle harp (cp. {{bib|Tomedi 2001}}: 31, {{bib|Tomedi 2004}}: 384). Also arguable as part of a lyre.<br>Highly skilfully carved of a single very large antler piece of a red deer (''Cervus elaphus''), an assumption confirmed by a zooligst.
 
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Revision as of 13:59, 21 September 2015

Object
Classification: musical instrument
Archaeological type: probably angle harp or lyre
Material: antler
Size: length: 31.5 cm, width: 1.6 cm, height: 7.2 cm
Condition: damaged, incomplete, restored
Date: 120–15 BC
Date derived from: archaeological context

Site: Fritzens (Tirol, Austria)
Field name: Pirchboden
Archaeological context: house 2
Coordinates (approx.): 47° 18' 21.60" N, 11° 35' 24.00" E [from site]
Find date: between 1993 and 2000
Current location: Museum Wattens (repository)
Inventory Nr.: none

Inscription: IT-4 (piθiẹ[???]ịχụṛṿịle)

Sources: Tomedi 2001: 31–32, fig. 19
Tomedi 2004: 384 et seq., fig. 2

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Commentary

Fragment of a musical instrument.
Generally considered to be part of a angle harp (cp. Tomedi 2001: 31, Tomedi 2004: 384). Also arguable as part of a lyre.
Highly skilfully carved of a single very large antler piece of a red deer (Cervus elaphus), an assumption confirmed by a zooligst.

S.K.

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