MA-24 ingot

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Object
Classification:	ingot
Material:	lead
Condition:	fragmentary
Site:	Magrè (fraction of: Schio, Vicenza, Veneto, Italy)
Field name:	Colle del Castello
Archaeological context:	3rd stratum
Coordinates (approx.):	45° 42' 21.60" N, 11° 20' 52.80" E [from site]
Find date:	1912
Current location:	unknown
Inscription:	MA-24 (]ś)
Sources:	Pellegrini 1918: 174, fig. 6 PID: 48, n. X LIR: 260–261 with fig.

Commentary

Lead ingot.
The ingot was found together with the antler points, also in the same stratum. There were found two pieces, to control: the two pieces belong together? Mancini indicates that possibility as arguable (see LIR: 260) but also the second piece bear a character (To control!!!); both pieces weigh together 2,650kg (cp. Pellegrini 1918: 174). Mancini gives photos and drawings of both pieces.
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.
LIR	Alberto Mancini, Le Iscrizioni Retiche [= Quaderni del dipartimento di linguistica, Università degli studi di Firenze Studi 8–9], Padova: Unipress 2009–10. (2 volumes)