IT-9 fragment

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Object
Classification:	miniature shield
Material:	bronze
Size:	2.5 x 2.5 cm
Condition:	fragmentary
Date:	probably 5th century
Date derived from:	typology, cultural context
Site:	Fliess (Tirol, Austria)
Field name:	Pillerhöhe
Coordinates (approx.):	47° 7' 8.40" N, 10° 37' 44.40" E [from site]
Find date:	unknown
Find circumstances:	excavation
Current location:	unknown
Inscription:	IT-9 (]θak[)

Commentary

First published in Kirchmayr & Schumacher 2019: 258.

Images in Kirchmayr & Schumacher 2019: 262 (Abb. 5) (photos and drawings).

The small fragment is one of over 200 such pieces found on the Pillerhöhe which still await summary investigation and publication. The present fragment is the only (known) inscribed specimen. Its identification as a bit of a miniature shield is ascertained by the presence of a trace of one of the embossed rings which circle the buckle on such shields.

Bibliography

Kirchmayr & Schumacher 2019	Margarethe Kirchmayr, Stefan Schumacher, "Ein Miniaturschild mit rätischer Inschrift vom Fernpass", in: Simon Hye, Ulrike Töchterle (eds), UPIKU:TAUKE. Festschrift für Gerhard Tomedi zum 65. Geburtstag [= Universitätsforschungen zur prähistorischen Archäologie 339], Bonn: 2019, 257–268.