VN-16 bone point

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Object
Classification:	bone
Archaeological type:	bone point
Material:	bone
Size:	length about 9.5 cm
Condition:	fragmentary
Date:	3rd–1st centuries BC
Date derived from:	archaeological context
Site:	Schluderns / Sluderno (Bozen / Bolzano, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy)
Field name:	Ganglegg
Coordinates (approx.):	46° 39' 50.40" N, 10° 35' 6.00" E [from site]
Find date:	2001
Find circumstances:	probably excavation
Current location:	Vintschger Museum / Museo della Val Venosta (on exhibition)
Inventory Nr.:	G 2001.211
Inscription:	VN-16 (?aris)
Sources:	Gamper 2006: 125–129, fig. 63.13

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Object VN-16 bone point with inscription VN-16.

Object VN-16 bone point with inscription VN-16.

Commentary

Bone point.
Animal bone, not further classified.
Like all the bone findings on the Ganglegg hill the bone point dates to the 3rd–1st centuries BC (cp. Gamper & Steiner 1999: 50–51).

Bibliography

Gamper 2006	Peter Gamper, Die latènezeitliche Besiedlung am Ganglegg in Südtirol. Neue Forschungen zur Fritzens-Sanzeno-Kultur [= Internationale Archäologie 91], Rahden/Westfalen: Leidorf 2006.
Gamper & Steiner 1999	Peter Gamper, Hubert Steiner, Das Ganglegg bei Schluderns. Eine befestigte bronze- und eisenzeitliche Siedlung im oberen Vinschgau, Bozen: Athesia 1999.
Lora & Ruta Serafini 1992	Silvana Lora, Angela Ruta Serafini, "Il gruppo Magrè", in: Ingrid R. Metzger, Paul Gleirscher, Die Räter / I Reti [= Schriftenreihe der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Alpenländer, Neue Folge 4], Bozen: Athesia 1992, 247–272.
Marchesini 2014	Simona Marchesini, "Nuove iscrizioni retiche da Cles e Sanzeno (Trento)", in: Rosa Roncador, Franco Nicolis, Antichi popoli delle Alpi. Sviluppi culturali durante l'età del Ferro nei territori alpini centro-orientali (Atti della giornata internazionale di studi 1 maggio 2010 Sanzeno, Trento), Trento: Provincia autonoma di Trento. Soprintendenza per i beni architettonici e archeologici 2014, 127–144.