SZ-15 bronze

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Object
Classification:	statuette
Material:	bronze
Size:	length 10.1 cm
Condition:	unknown
Site:	Sanzeno (Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy)
Field name:	Casalini
Coordinates (approx.):	46° 21' 57.60" N, 11° 4' 30.00" E [from site]
Find date:	May 1951
Find circumstances:	excavation
Current location:	Castello del Buonconsiglio, monumenti e collezioni provinciali
Inventory Nr.:	9291
Inscriptions:	SZ-15.1 (lastaθianuesiunne/pitiekapaśunu) SZ-15.2 (enteθa?§)
Sources:	Pellegrini 1951: 315–316, fig. 15a Schumacher 2004: 135–136

Images

Object SZ-15 bronze with inscription SZ-15.1 - front side.

Object SZ-15 bronze with inscription SZ-15.2 - rear side.

Commentary

Bronze statuette.
Fish shape.
Almost the entire group of bronze statuettes from Sanzeno was discovered between 1947 and 1949. The bronzes were found by chance in a sand pit (cp. Pellegrini 1951: 304; Vetter 1954: 66-67). In consequence of these accidental findings a governmental excavation was initiated by Prof. Brusin. Since 1951 the excavation was executed under the direction of G.B. Frescura. Cp. Vetter 1954: 72. The bronze statuette SZ-15 statuette was found in May 1951 during this campaign (cp. Pellegrini 1951: 316; Mayr 1952: 176–177).

Bibliography

Fogolari 1960	Giulia Fogolari, "Sanzeno nell'Anaunia", in: Deputazione di Storia Patria per le Province di Romagna (Eds), Civiltà del Ferro. Studi pubblicati nella ricorrenza centenaria della scoperta di Villanova [= Documenti e studi VI], Bologna: Forni 1960, 265–321.
Mayr 1952	Karl M. Mayr, "Zu den Inschriften der Votive von Sanzeno", Der Schlern 26 (1952), 175–177.