SZ-30 situla

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Object
Classification:	vessel
Archaeological type:	Situla
Material:	bronze
Condition:	fragmentary
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.:	none
Inscription:	SZ-30 (ka[? ?]isθi:puχe:̣ṭumis:p[ ]θiaḳ[? ?]auþile:ẹḷuku:̣)
Sources:	IR: 266–270 Schumacher 2004: 139

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Object SZ-30 situla with inscription SZ-30 - fragments A-K.

Object SZ-30 situla with inscription SZ-30.

Commentary

Different fragments of a situla.
Thin sheet bronze. In the area of the fragment A the sheet bronze is rivetted; the rivets are still visible. A rivet is also visible at fragment I, probably the rivet for the handle. Patina from green to dark green in colour with white patches, mainly on fragment C, light green patches, mainly on fragment E, and brown patches, mainly on fragment B.
Several fragments of which some bear remains of a probably circumferential inscription.
The inscription is inside and it can be supposed that the inscription was placed after the intentional damage. Therefore the situla can be considered as votive offering.
According to the museum at least the half of the complete situla is missing and so the sequence of the inscription is uncertain. The study of the different fragments however has shown that the sequence is not dubious and probably only a part between fragment C and D is missing. Concerning the missing part and his dimensions are different statements.
Dimensions of the different fragments:

• fragment A: 9 x 20.7 cm
• fragment B: 19.8 x 24.6 cm
• fragment C: 10.2 x 12 cm
• fragment D: 12 x 12 cm
• fragment E: 15.9 x 17.1 cm
• fragment F: 8.7 x 3.6 cm
• fragment G: 2.3 x 2.4 cm
• fragment H: 1.9 x 2.3 cm
• fragment I: 18 x 4.1 cm
• fragment J: 7.8 x 4.5 cm
• fragment K: 14.7 x 6.9 cm

Bibliography

IR	Alberto Mancini, "Iscrizioni retiche", Studi Etruschi 43 (1975), 249–306.