SZ-13 bronze

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Object
Proper name:	Il delfino
Classification:	bronze
Material:	bronze
Size:	length: 9.3 cm, width: 3.7 cm, height: 2.2 cm
Condition:	fragmentary
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 (repository)
Inventory Nr.:	7670
Inscription:	SZ-13 (?)
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 135

Images

Object SZ-13 bronze with inscription SZ-13 - front side.

Object SZ-13 bronze with inscription SZ-13 - bottom side.

Object SZ-13 bronze - rear side.

Commentary

Bronze in the shape of a dolphin.
According to Mayr the bronze represents an import article from the south. The inscription however was placed in Sanzeno. Cp. Mayr 1959c: 397.
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 inscription mainly for the fact that the inscription was only visible after a cleaning of the bronze: Mayr 1951: 134 (No. XIII) (note that there is no inscription on the object); Pellegrini 1951: 315, fig. 13 (remark of different characters however no reading is given); Mayr 1952: 176 (after cleaning a barely legible inscription); Vetter 1954: 72 (indication of remains of an inscription, but not legible), Mayr 1959c: 397 with fig. (an attempt of reading and interpretation of the entire inscription).

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.
Mayr 1952	Karl M. Mayr, "Zu den Inschriften der Votive von Sanzeno", Der Schlern 26 (1952), 175–177.
Mayr 1959c	Karl M. Mayr, "Die Inschrift auf dem Delphin von Sanzeno. Ein Erstversuch zu ihrer Entzifferung", Der Schlern 33 (1959), 397.