MA-12 antler
From Thesaurus Inscriptionum Raeticarum
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| Classification: | antler |
| Material: | antler |
| Size: | length 6 cm |
| Condition: | fragmentary |
| Archaeological culture: | Este IV |
| Date: | beginning of the 4th century BC |
| Date derived from: | palaeography |
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| Site: | Magrè (fraction of: Schio, Vicenza, Veneto, Italy) |
| Field name: | Colle del Castello |
| Coordinates (approx.): | 45° 42' 21.60" N, 11° 20' 52.80" E [from site] |
| Find date: | 1912 |
| Find circumstances: | stray find |
| Current location: | unknown |
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| Inscription: | MA-12 (estualeaφiṛ·[) |
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| Sources: | Pellegrini 1918: 180 (No. 4), fig. 11 Nothdurfter 2002: 1149 (list 3, No. 5) |
Commentary
Fragment of an antler point of which the narrow end is missing therefore a part of the inscription is also absent.
Compared to the other antlers of Magrè the present object represents one of the first finds made accidentally by Giovanni Piccoli, a carpenter from Schio, the 10th November, 1912. In consequence of this discovery an official excavation realized by the monument protection service was arranged from where the other pieces of antlers come.
Current location probably the Museo Nazionale Atestino.
Bibliography
| Gambacurta 2002b | Giovanna Gambacurta, "Manufatti iscritti in osso o corno", in: Giovanna Gambacurta, Daniela Locatelli, Luigi Malnati, Patrizia Manessi, Anna Marinetti, Giovanna Luisa Ravagnan (Eds), Akeo. I tempi della scrittura. Veneti antichi: alfabeti e documenti, 121–126. |
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| Gambacurta et al. 2002 | Giovanna Gambacurta, Daniela Locatelli, Luigi Malnati, Patrizia Manessi, Anna Marinetti, Giovanna Luisa Ravagnan (Eds), "Catalogo. Veneti antichi. Alfabeti e documenti", in: Giovanna Gambacurta, Daniela Locatelli, Luigi Malnati, Patrizia Manessi, Anna Marinetti, Giovanna Luisa Ravagnan (Eds), Akeo. I tempi della scrittura. Veneti antichi: alfabeti e documenti, 157–275. |
