MA-24 ingot

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Object
Classification:	ingot
Material:	lead
Condition:	fragmentary
Site:	Magrè (fraction of: Schio, Vicenza, Veneto, Italy)
Field name:	Castello
Archaeological context:	3rd stratum near the medieval tower (Objects: MA-1 antler, MA-2 antler, MA-3 antler, MA-4 antler, MA-5 antler, MA-7 antler, MA-8 antler, MA-9 antler, MA-11 antler, MA-13 antler, MA-14 antler, MA-15 antler, MA-16 antler, MA-17 antler, MA-18 antler, MA-19 antler, MA-20 antler, MA-21 antler, MA-23 antler, MA-24 ingot)
Coordinates (approx.):	45° 42' 21.60" N, 11° 20' 52.80" E [from site]
Find date:	1912
Find circumstances:	excavation
Current location:	unknown
Inscription:	MA-24 (]ś)
Sources:	Pellegrini 1918: 174, fig. 6 PID: 48, n. X LIR: 260–261 with fig.

Commentary

Fragmentary lead ingot.
The ingot was found together with the antler points from Magrè, also in the same stratum.
On the fragment characters.
To control: According to Mancini two pieces of lead ingots were found (cp. LIR: 260–261). Mancini supposes the connection of both fragments, but he indicates this possibility as arguable (cp. LIR: 260). Also the second piece bears a character.
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)