IT-9 fragment

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Object
Classification:	miniature shield
Material:	bronze
Size:	2.5 x 2.5 cm
Condition:	fragmentary
Date:	probably 5th century
Date derived from:	typology, cultural context
Site:	Fliess (Tirol, Austria)
Field name:	Pillerhöhe
Coordinates (approx.):	47° 7' 6.83" N, 10° 40' 1.14" E
Find date:	unknown
Find circumstances:	excavation
Current location:	Abteilung Ur- und Frühgeschichte Universität Innsbruck
Inventory Nr.:	none
Inscription:	IT-9 (]θak[)

Commentary

First published in Kirchmayr & Schumacher 2019: 258. Examined by Stefan Schumacher in September 2018.

Images in Kirchmayr & Schumacher 2019: 262, Abb. 5 (photos and drawings).

The small fragment is one of over 200 such pieces found on the Pillerhöhe which still await their collective investigation and publication. See Tschurtschenthaler & Wein 1998: 243 and Tschurtschenthaler & Wein 2002: 657–661 for information about the (longer-known) miniature shields from the site, and images. The objects are summarily dated to the early La Tène period.

The present fragment is the only (known) inscribed specimen. Its identification as a bit of a miniature shield is ascertained by the presence of a trace of one of the embossed rings which circle the buckle on such shields (Kirchmayr & Schumacher 2019: 258).

Bibliography

Kirchmayr & Schumacher 2019	Margarethe Kirchmayr, Stefan Schumacher, "Ein Miniaturschild mit rätischer Inschrift vom Fernpass", in: Simon Hye, Ulrike Töchterle (eds), UPIKU:TAUKE. Festschrift für Gerhard Tomedi zum 65. Geburtstag [= Universitätsforschungen zur prähistorischen Archäologie 339], Bonn: 2019, 257–268.