VR-4 bone

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Object
Classification:	unidentifiable
Material:	bone
Size:	length 7 cm
Condition:	complete
Date:	1st century BC
Date derived from:	archaeological context
Site:	Castelrotto (fraction of: San Pietro in Cariano, Verona, Veneto, Italy)
Archaeological context:	eastern side of the hill
Coordinates (approx.):	45° 29' 52.80" N, 10° 54' 7.20" E [from site]
Find date:	before 1986
Find circumstances:	construction works
Current location:	Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici del Veneto
Inscription:	VR-4 (puz·n?χan)
Sources:	Marinetti 1991: 39–42 with fig.

Commentary

Bone (metacarpus) of a pig (Sus scrofa).
On one side an inscription.
For the find circumstances cp. Luciano Salzani, Lettura di una sezione stratigrafica al maton di Castelrotto, in: Annuario storico della Valpolicella, 1986-87, 5-20.

Bibliography

Marinetti 1991	Anna Marinetti, "Una Iscrizione Retica su un Piccolo Osso di Animale dal Maton di Castelrotto", Annuario Storico della Valpolicella 1990-1991 (1991), 39–42.