VN-9 bone point

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Object
Classification:	needle
Material:	bone
Size:	length 10.5 cm
Condition:	damaged
Date:	5th–1st centuries BC
Date derived from:	archaeological context
Site:	Schluderns / Sluderno (Bozen / Bolzano, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy)
Field name:	Ganglegg
Coordinates (approx.):	46° 40' 18.23" N, 10° 35' 18.96" E
Find date:	1993
Find circumstances:	stray find
Current location:	Amt für Bodendenkmäler Bozen / Soprintendenza per i beni archeologici di Bolzano
Inscription:	VN-9 (lavise)
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 322, fig. 13.2 Schumacher 1994b: 297–298, fig. 2

Images

Object VN-9 bone point with inscription VN-9.

Commentary

Perforated bone needle at which the top is broken. Light brown in colour.
Due to a missing archaeological context there is no exact date. But obviously the needle of bone, because of the inscription at the narrow long side, dates to the Fritzens-Sanzeno culture.

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.