SR-4 antler

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Object
Classification:	antler
Material:	antler
Size:	length 6.5 cm, width min. 2.1 cm, width max. 2.4 cm, thickness 0.2+
Condition:	fragmentary
Date:	4th century BC
Date derived from:	archaeological context
Site:	Serso (fraction of: Pergine Valsugana, Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy)
Field name:	Montesei di Serso
Archaeological context:	house No. 2 (Objects: SR-1 antler, SR-2 antler, SR-3 antler, SR-4 antler, SR-5 antler, SR-6 antler, SR-7 antler, SR-8 antler, SR-9 antler, SR-10 antler, SR-11 stone, SR-12 antler, SR-13 antler, SR-14 potsherd, SR-15 bowl)
Coordinates (approx.):	46° 4' 28.16" N, 11° 14' 39.44" E
Find date:	1964
Find circumstances:	excavation
Current location:	Museo Tridentino di Scienze Naturali
Inscription:	SR-4 (θul·te?·s[?/$ teris·ṇ[)
Sources:	Pellegrini & Sebesta 1965: 3–8, 11–12 (No. 4), fig. 6 and 7 Nothdurfter 2002: 1150 (list 3,No. 7)

Images

Object SR-4 antler with inscription SR-4.

Object SR-4 antler with inscription SR-4 - line 1.

Object SR-4 antler with inscription SR-4 - line 2.

Commentary

Fragment of an antler point; little curved and on one side perforated. The upper side is polished, the bottom side holed. On exterior an inscription in two lines, from right to left.

Bibliography

Dal Rì 1987	Lorenzo Dal Rì, "Influssi etrusco-italici nella regione retico-alpina", in: Raffaele De Marinis (Ed.), Gli Etruschi a nord del Po, Mantova: Regione Lombardia - Provincia e Comune di Mantova 1987, 160–179.