SZ-17 handle

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Object
Classification:	vessel
Archaeological type:	Situla
Material:	bronze
Size:	lenght 23.5 cm, thickness about 0.7 cm, estimated diameter at the top about 21 cm
Condition:	complete, incomplete
Date:	5th–4th centuries BC
Date derived from:	typology
Site:	Sanzeno (Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy)
Coordinates (approx.):	46° 21' 57.60" N, 11° 4' 30.00" E [from site]
Find date:
Find circumstances:	old finding
Current location:	Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum (on exhibition)
Inventory Nr.:	13.379
Inscription:	SZ-17 (sχsi)
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 136

Commentary

Bronze handle.
Probably the handle of a situla or a bowl (PID: 17). According to the typology the handle is part of a situla.
Patina from dark green to blackish in colour with brown patches; smoothed.
Horse's head ends, but one end broken.
In the area of the broken end an inscription. Further references more related to the inscription: Vetter 1954: 72 (No. 17); Pellegrini 1951: 316 (No. 17). However Pellegrini as well as Vetter note the characters on it as decoration.
According to Wahtmough the handle was bought in Bolzano, but found in Sanzeno (cp. PID: 17). However there are no more indications related to further find circumstances.

Bibliography

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)