SZ-63 antler

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Object
Classification:	handle
Material:	bone
Size:	length 8.2 cm, width min. 1.9 cm, width max. 2.3 cm
Condition:	fragmentary
Site:	Sanzeno (Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy)
Coordinates (approx.):	46° 21' 57.60" N, 11° 4' 30.00" E [from site]
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Current location:	Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum (on exhibition)
Inventory Nr.:	13.533
Inscriptions:	SZ-63.1 (iiṿ) SZ-63.2 (a)
Sources:	Nothdurfter 2002: 1150 (list 3, No. 8)

Images

Object SZ-63 antler with inscriptions SZ-63.1 and SZ-63.2.

Commentary

Fragment; probably haft, maybe of a knife, or grip of a tool.
Whitish in colour. Round cross section, both ends rounded. At the narrow end sawed-trough a little. In the wider area slivered.
Along a decoration in form of dice eyes.
At the wider end characters, at the narrow end one character.
Doubts in matters of the material. The literature, e.g. Nothdurfter 2002: 1150, indicates the two possibilities: antler or bone. In the museum the object is described as made of bone.
To reflect: kind of handle (handle, haft, grip)

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.
IR	Alberto Mancini, "Iscrizioni retiche", Studi Etruschi 43 (1975), 249–306.
LIR	Alberto Mancini, Le Iscrizioni Retiche [= Quaderni del dipartimento di linguistica, Università degli studi di Firenze Studi 8–9], Padova: Unipress 2009–10. (2 volumes)