IT-2 potsherd

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Object
Classification:	bowl
Archaeological type:	Fritzener Schale
Material:	pottery
Size:	length of the fragment 6.2 cm, rim diameter ca. 17 cm, thickness 0.4 cm
Condition:	fragmentary
Date:	4th to 3th century BC
Date derived from:	archaeological context
Site:	Volders (Tirol, Austria)
Field name:	Himmelreich
Archaeological context:	südliche Ringmauer
Coordinates (approx.):	47° 17' 15.37" N, 11° 34' 51.92" E
Find date:	1954
Current location:	Museum Wattens (on exhibition)
Inventory Nr.:	W.620
Inscription:	IT-2 (χaisurus)
Sources:	Kasseroler 1957: 79-81, 102, Taf. 42, 2 Franz 1958: 124

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Object IT-2 potsherd with inscription IT-2.

Object IT-2 potsherd with inscription IT-2.

Commentary

Fragment of a Fritzener Schale from the raetic settlement Himmelreich. From 1953 to 1955 the here located raetic settlement was investigated by Dr. Alfons Kasseroler. The ceramic fragment was found at the southern side of the circular wall, excavated in 1954. In Kasseroler 1957: 102, the find number M 620 is given. The sherd is a smoothed fabric of probably wheel pottery, from brown to dark brown in colour. Inside, at the fracture the sherd is black in colour. The fragment indicates a reduction firing. Medium-fine clay with a moderate temper of fine grained sand and cast gold. 2 cm under the rim four circular lines form an ornament band under them three vertical striae in direction to the bottom of the bowl are visible. Aside the raetic inscription could be observed.

Bibliography

Franz 1958	Leonhard Franz, "Ur- und frühgeschichtliche Funde in Nordtirol. Eine Übersicht von 1947 bis 1957", Der Schlern 32 (1958), 119–128.
Gamper 2006	Peter Gamper, Die latènezeitliche Besiedlung am Ganglegg in Südtirol. Neue Forschungen zur Fritzens-Sanzeno-Kultur [= Internationale Archäologie 91], Rahden/Westfalen: Leidorf 2006.
Kasseroler 1957	Alfons Kasseroler, Die vorgeschichtliche Niederlassung auf dem „Himmelreich“ bei Wattens [= Schlern-Schriften 166], Innsbruck: Wagner 1957.