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== Commentary ==
== Commentary ==
Fragment, probably haft of a knife or grip of a tool.<br>Broken in four small pieces of various dimensions; blackened by fire of which two are more highly blackened.<br>Recomposed the four pieces in the correct way, along an [[index::SZ-23|inscription]].<br>The fragments were correctly aligned by the [[index::Gudrun Bajc|project's draughtsperson]] (cp. drawing), which led to their identification with another inscription-bearing object: In {{bib|PID}}, Whatmough, following Conway, described the object as a calcined broken fragment, probably of a knife-handle, similar to [[index::SZ-22 handle]], and "damaged at the top as well as on the left edge". While it is possible that Whatmough, who did not see the object himself, misinterpreted Conway's notes, examination of the breaking edges shows that the fragments have come apart only recently. The fragment was probably still in one piece when Conway saw it in 1908 – bits of it may even have gone missing (see [[index::SZ-23]]). In any case, Mancini did not in this description recognise the fragments he saw in the [[index::Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum|Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum]], and republished object(s) and inscription(s) as probably unpublished (No. 63 I, II and III in {{bib|IR}}). This duplication found its way into the corpus of {{bib|Schumacher 1992}} (see [[index::SZ-23]] and [[index::SZ-64]]). Also {{bib|Nothdurfter 2002}} notes the recomposed object as two differents at which he indicates one fragment as section of a grip or haft ({{bib|Nothdurfter 2002}}: 1151).<br>Mancini states confusing indications related to the material: In {{bib|IR}}: 63 he indicates antler as material, in {{bib|LIR}}: 102 he characterises one fragment as made either of bone or of antler, the other three fragments as made of bone in contrast to his edition of 1975 (cp. {{bib|IR}}). However the whole fragment is of antler.<br>According to Mancini three pieces of the fragment were found in November 1908 ({{bib|LIR}}: 104).
Fragment, probably haft of a knife or grip of a tool.<br>Broken in four small pieces of various dimensions; blackened by fire of which two are more highly blackened.<br>Recomposed the four pieces in the correct way, along an [[index::SZ-23|inscription]].<br>The fragments were correctly aligned by the [[index::Gudrun Bajc|project's archaeological draughtsperson]] (cp. drawing), which led to their identification with another inscription-bearing object: In {{bib|PID}}, Whatmough, following Conway, described the object as a calcined broken fragment, probably of a knife-handle, similar to [[index::SZ-22 handle]], and "damaged at the top as well as on the left edge". While it is possible that Whatmough, who did not see the object himself, misinterpreted Conway's notes, examination of the breaking edges shows that the fragments have come apart only recently. The fragment was probably still in one piece when Conway saw it in 1908 – bits of it may even have gone missing (see [[index::SZ-23]]). In any case, Mancini did not in this description recognise the fragments he saw in the [[index::Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum|Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum]], and republished object(s) and inscription(s) as probably unpublished (No. 63 I, II and III in {{bib|IR}}). This duplication found its way into the corpus of {{bib|Schumacher 1992}} (see [[index::SZ-23]] and [[index::SZ-64]]). Also {{bib|Nothdurfter 2002}} notes the recomposed object as two differents at which he indicates one fragment as section of a grip or haft ({{bib|Nothdurfter 2002}}: 1151).<br>Mancini states confusing indications related to the material: In {{bib|IR}}: 63 he indicates antler as material, in {{bib|LIR}}: 102 he characterises one fragment as made either of bone or of antler, the other three fragments as made of bone in contrast to his edition of 1975 (cp. {{bib|IR}}). However the whole fragment is of antler.<br>According to Mancini three pieces of the fragment were found in November 1908 ({{bib|LIR}}: 104).
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Object
Classification: handle
Material: antler
Condition: damaged, fragmentary

Site: Sanzeno (Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy)
Coordinates (approx.): 46° 21' 57.60" N, 11° 4' 30.00" E [from site]
Find date: November 1908
Current location: Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum (repository)
Inventory Nr.: 13.453

Inscription: SZ-23 (]ilt[?)

Sources: PID: 19 et seq.
IR: 282 (No. 63), pl. L, fig. a
Nothdurfter 2002: 1150–1151 (list 3, No. 8)

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Commentary

Fragment, probably haft of a knife or grip of a tool.
Broken in four small pieces of various dimensions; blackened by fire of which two are more highly blackened.
Recomposed the four pieces in the correct way, along an inscription.
The fragments were correctly aligned by the project's archaeological draughtsperson (cp. drawing), which led to their identification with another inscription-bearing object: In PID, Whatmough, following Conway, described the object as a calcined broken fragment, probably of a knife-handle, similar to SZ-22 handle, and "damaged at the top as well as on the left edge". While it is possible that Whatmough, who did not see the object himself, misinterpreted Conway's notes, examination of the breaking edges shows that the fragments have come apart only recently. The fragment was probably still in one piece when Conway saw it in 1908 – bits of it may even have gone missing (see SZ-23). In any case, Mancini did not in this description recognise the fragments he saw in the Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, and republished object(s) and inscription(s) as probably unpublished (No. 63 I, II and III in IR). This duplication found its way into the corpus of Schumacher 1992 (see SZ-23 and SZ-64). Also Nothdurfter 2002 notes the recomposed object as two differents at which he indicates one fragment as section of a grip or haft (Nothdurfter 2002: 1151).
Mancini states confusing indications related to the material: In IR: 63 he indicates antler as material, in LIR: 102 he characterises one fragment as made either of bone or of antler, the other three fragments as made of bone in contrast to his edition of 1975 (cp. IR). However the whole fragment is of antler.
According to Mancini three pieces of the fragment were found in November 1908 (LIR: 104).

Bibliography

IR Alberto Mancini, "Iscrizioni retiche", Studi Etruschi 43 (1975), 249–306.
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)