SZ-6 bronze

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Object
Proper name:	Il cavallo marino"
Classification:	bronze
Material:	bronze
Size:	length 7.7 cm
Condition:	restored
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:	Museo Retico Sanzeno (on exhibition)
Inventory Nr.:	7661
Inscription:	SZ-6 (θiχiθ?$?)
Sources:	Roberti 1950: 180–181 (No. VI), pl. II.VI

Images

Object SZ-6 bronze with inscription SZ-6.

Commentary

Bronze in the shape of a seahorse.
Roberti states the proper name Il cavallo marino (cp. Roberti 1950: 180); Vetter mentions Oberleib eines Pferdchens (cp. Vetter 1954: 71) and in consequence Pellegrini indicates the proper name made by Roberti as well as Pferdchenrumpf (cp. Pellegrini 1951: 311), the name used by Mayr (cp. Mayr 1951: 30).
Roberti compares the present bronze with NO-11 bronze (cp. Roberti 1950: 180: "(...) che ricorda sotto vari aspetti quello rinvenuto in luogo incerto della Valle di Non e che faceva parte della collezione Campi"; cp. also Mayr 1951: 30).
Almost the entire group of bronzes 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 reference probably more related to the inscription: Mayr 1951: 30 (No. VI), fig. VI; Pellegrini 1951: 311 (No. 6).

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.