SZ-13 bronze
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| Proper name: | Il delfino |
| Classification: | statuette |
| Material: | bronze |
| Size: | length 9.2 cm |
| Condition: | unknown |
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| Site: | Sanzeno (Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy) |
| Field name: | Casalini |
| Coordinates (approx.): | 46° 21' 57.60" N, 11° 4' 30.00" E [from site] |
| Find date: | 1947–1949 |
| Find circumstances: | by chance |
| Current location: | Castello del Buonconsiglio |
| Inventory Nr.: | 7670 |
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| Inscription: | SZ-13 (?) |
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| Sources: | Schumacher 2004: 135 |
Images
 Object SZ-13 bronze with inscription SZ-13 - front side.
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 Object SZ-13 bronze with inscription SZ-13 - bottom side.
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 Object SZ-13 bronze - rear side.
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Commentary
Bronze statuette.
Form of a dolphin.
According to Mayr the bronze represents an import article from the south. The inscription however was placed in Sanzeno. Cp. Mayr 1959c: 397.
Almost the entire group of bronze statuettes from Sanzeno was discovered between 1947 and 1949. The bronzes were found by chance in a sand pit (cp. Pellegrini 1951: 304; Vetter 1954: 66-67).
Further references more related to inscription mainly for the fact that the inscription was only visible after a cleaning of the bronze: Mayr 1951: 134 (No. XIII) (note that there is no inscription on the object); Pellegrini 1951: 315, fig. 13 (remark of different characters however no reading is given); Mayr 1952: 176 (after cleaning a barely legible inscription); Vetter 1954: 72 (indication of remains of an inscription, but not legible), Mayr 1959c: 397 with fig. (an attempt of reading and interpretation of the entire inscription).
Bibliography
| Mayr 1951 | Karl M. Mayr, "Die Inschriften der Votive von Sanzeno (2)", Der Schlern 25 (1951), 30–32, 78–79, 133–135, 179–181. |
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| Mayr 1952 | Karl M. Mayr, "Zu den Inschriften der Votive von Sanzeno", Der Schlern 26 (1952), 175–177. |
| Mayr 1959c | Karl M. Mayr, "Die Inschrift auf dem Delphin von Sanzeno. Ein Erstversuch zu ihrer Entzifferung", Der Schlern 33 (1959), 397. |
