NO-11 bronze

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Object
Proper name:	Pferdchen von Dercolo
Classification:	statuette
Material:	bronze
Size:	11.9 cm
Condition:	complete
Date:	4th–3rd centuries BC
Date derived from:	archaeological context
Site:	Dercolo (fraction of: Campodenno, Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy)
Archaeological context:	hoard
Coordinates (approx.):	46° 14' 56.40" N, 11° 2' 49.20" E [from site]
Find date:	1883
Current location:	Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum (on exhibition)
Inventory Nr.:	1.086
Inscription:	NO-11 (pirikaniśnu)
Sources:	Wieser 1883: 220–221 Zemmer-Plank et al. 1985: 165 (Kat.–Nr. 35)

Images

Object NO-11 bronze with inscription NO-11.

Commentary

Description: Beschlagstück in Pferchenform mit gelochtem Ende. Die Rückseite ist flach, die Vs am Stab mit D-förmigem Querschnitt, sonst halbplastisch. Auf dem Stab Inschrift (Verlinkung). Datierung: unterschiedliche hier anführen.
Find circumstances: In 1883 a bronze situla filled with different kinds of bronze objects like fibulae and pendants was found on a ridge west of Dercolo. Moreover the situla contained a set of fortune rods (?Losstäbchen) (in latin sortes) and appliqués in the form of horses. After Mancini the situla was found in march 1882 (see LIR: 164).
Interpretation: The collection of the wealth deposit can be interpreted as a votive hoard.
The Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum (Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum) also keeps a copy of the object (inv. no. 1.086K) which could be observed in the permanent exhibition.
See Wieser 1883: 220–221, Oberziner 1883: 190 ff., Zemmer-Plank et al. 1985: 165 (Kat.–Nr. 35). Pictures in Oberziner 1883: Tav. II,9 (drawing) and LIR: 165 (photo and drawing); both also mention and give pictures of a similar find from the same hoard.

Bibliography

LIR	Alberto Mancini, Le Iscrizioni Retiche [= Quaderni del dipartimento di linguistica, Università degli studi di Firenze Studi 8–9], Padova: Unipress 2009–10. (2 volumes)