SZ-10 bronze

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Object
Proper name:	La pariglia siamese n. 1
Classification:	bronze
Material:	bronze
Size:	length: 8.7 cm, width: 6.4 cm, height: 1.1 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:	Castello del Buonconsiglio (on exhibition)
Inventory Nr.:	7665
Inscriptions:	SZ-10.1 (χelivaiθina) SZ-10.2 (?)
Sources:	Roberti 1950: 182 (No. X), pl. IV.X

Images

Object SZ-10 bronze with inscriptions SZ-10.1 and SZ-10.2 - front side.

Object SZ-10 bronze - rear side.

Commentary

Bronze in the shape of a horse pair.
Cp. the present bronze with SZ-11 bronze as well as SZ-12 bronze.
Roberti states the proper name La pariglia siamese n. 1 (cp. Roberti 1950: 182) and in his consequence Pellegrini uses also this term (cp. Pellegrini 1951: 314).
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 references more related to the inscription: Mayr 1951: 133 (No. X), fig. X (Mayr labels the bronze as Doppelpferdchen A); Vetter 1954: 71.

S.K.

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.