SZ-31 simpulum
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| Classification: | simpulum |
| Material: | bronze |
| Size: | height 25.5 cm, diameter 16 cm |
| Condition: | complete |
| Date: | 5th–1st centuries BC |
| Date derived from: | typology, archaeological context |
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| Site: | Sanzeno (Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy) |
| Field name: | Casalini |
| Archaeological context: | settlement, section I, stratum III |
| Coordinates (approx.): | 46° 21' 57.60" N, 11° 4' 30.00" E [from site] |
| Find date: | 1953 |
| Find circumstances: | excavation |
| Current location: | Castello del Buonconsiglio, monumenti e collezioni provinciali |
| Inventory Nr.: | 8162 |
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| Inscription: | SZ-31 (remina) |
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| Sources: | Fogolari 1960: 286 (No. 73), pl. I.5 Marzatico 1998: 26–29, fig. 8a Oberosler 2004b: 646, fig. 6.5 |
Images
 Object SZ-31 simpulum.
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 Object SZ-31 simpulum with inscription SZ-31.
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 Object SZ-31 simpulum - detail.
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Commentary
Bronze simpulum with handle.
Thin sheet bronze.
On the handle an inscription.
The simpulum was found in Sanzeno during the offical excavation of 1953. The object was discovered with other findings in section I, stratum III, of the settlement. The map and the here used number 73 indicates the exact find spot of the simpulum (cp. for the map: Fogolari 1960: pl. A; for the excavation in Sanzeno of 1953 cp. Fogolari 1960: 277–287).
The entire material discovered in Sanzeno dates to the late Iron age period, i.e. from the 5th century BC to the Roman period (cp. Fogolari 1960: 269). Therefore the simpulum must also date to this timeframe.
So far not autopsied by the Thesaurus Inscriptionum Raeticarum. The indications follow the information given in literature (cp. below the bibliography).
Bibliography
| Fogolari 1960 | Giulia Fogolari, "Sanzeno nell'Anaunia", in: Deputazione di Storia Patria per le Province di Romagna (Eds), Civiltà del Ferro. Studi pubblicati nella ricorrenza centenaria della scoperta di Villanova [= Documenti e studi VI], Bologna: Forni 1960, 265–321. |
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| Marzatico 1998 | Franco Marzatico, "Recipienti preromani in lega di rame (bronzo) dal territorio atestino", in: Umberto Raffaelli (Ed.), Rame d'arte. Dalla preistoria al XX secolo nelle Alpi centro-orientali. Catalogo della Mostra tenuta a Trento, Castello del Buonconsiglio, 20 giugno – 8 novembre 1998, Trento: Provincia autonoma di Trento 1998, 13–36. |
