PA-1 spatula

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Object
Proper name:	Paletta di Padova
Classification:	spatula
Material:	bronze
Size:	length: 27.7 cm, width: 9.2 cm, thickness: 1.2 mm, thickness (handle): 6 mm
Condition:	complete
Date:	6th–5th centuries BC
Date derived from:	typology
Site:	Padova (Padova, Veneto, Italy)
Field name:	courtyard of the convent Sant'Antonio
Coordinates (approx.):	45° 24' 2.84" N, 11° 52' 51.06" E
Find date:	1899
Find circumstances:	stray find
Current location:	Musei Civici di Padova – Museo Archeologico (repository)
Inventory Nr.:	XIX-90
Inscription:	PA-1 (eθsualeuθikukaial·/nakinaθarisakvil·)
Sources:	Tombolani 1976: 196–197 [No. 33], pl. 36 A (recto) Gregnanin 2000: 157–159, fig. 277a (recto), fig. 277b (verso)

Commentary

Bronze ritual spatula.
Cast.
The decoration on the front side, representing a horse, chiseled.
On the back side an inscription.
At the upper edge area and in the lower handle section, therefore in the transition section between blade and handle, two characters: .
The decoration indicates a date to the turn from type A to type B at which the type B dates to the 6th–5th centuries BC. The ritual spatula can be classified into the tipo venetico B according the typology by Zuffa. Il tipo venetico B corresponds to the 6th-5th centuries BC (cp. Gambacurta et al. 2002: 186-187 [cat. No. 20] with fig.).

S.K.

Bibliography

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.
Gregnanin 2000	Rossana Gregnanin, "Catalogo. Sezione V. Instrumenta. Palette, n. 276–282", in: Girolamo Zampieri, Beniamino Lavarone, Bronzi Antichi del Museo Archeologico di Padova. Statuette figurate egizie, etrusche, venetiche e italiche, armi preromane, romane e medioevali, gioielli e oggetti di ornamento, instrumentum domesticum dal deposito del museo, Roma: L'Erma di Bretschneider 2000, 157–161.