BZ-11 cist
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| Classification: | vessel |
| Archaeological type: | cist |
| Material: | bronze |
| Condition: | damaged, fragmentary |
| Archaeological culture: | La Tène B, La Tène C |
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| Site: | Pfatten / Vadena (Bozen / Bolzano, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy) |
| Field name: | Stadlhof |
| Archaeological context: | grave XVIII |
| Coordinates (approx.): | 46° 24' 46.80" N, 11° 18' 18.00" E [from site] |
| Find date: | autumn 1928 |
| Find circumstances: | excavation |
| Current location: | Amt für Bodendenkmäler Bozen / Ufficio Beni archeologici Bolzano |
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| Inscription: | BZ-11 (ṭịte) |
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| Sources: | Ghislanzoni 1939: 514–515, fig. 156 |
Commentary
Remains of a bronze cist.
Highly smashed and bent.
On the edge an inscription.
The cist was used as ossuary which was buried at a depth of 1.40 meters.
Excavations directed by Antonio Nicolussi Moretto since autumn 1928. Major part of the funerals ossuaries, only three were cremation burials.
Bibliography
| Ghislanzoni 1939 | Ettore Ghislanzoni, "Il sepolcreto di Vadena (Bolzano)", Monumenti antichi Lincei 38 (1939), 319–534. |
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