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|type_object=bowl
|type_object=bowl
|material=pottery
|material=pottery
|condition=damaged, fragmentary
|condition=fragmentary, restored
|culture_archaeological=Hallstatt D, La Tène A
|culture_archaeological=Hallstatt D, La Tène A
|date_derivation=archaeological context
|date_derivation=archaeological context
|site=Mellaun / Meluno
|site=Mellaun / Meluno
|field_name=Alban-Bühel
|field_name=Alban-Bühel
|find_context=cremation grave
|find_circumstances=excavation
|find_circumstances=excavation
|sortdate_find=1908
|sortdate_find=1908
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== Commentary ==
== Commentary ==
Potsherd, bottom of a bowl with foot.<br>From grey to light brown in colour.<br>On the belly a circumferential decoration of four ''striae'' at regular intervals.<br>Outside an [[index::WE-7|inscription]] which is to compare with [[index::NO-14]].
Potsherd.<br>Bottom of a bowl with foot.<br>From grey to light brown in colour.<br>On the belly a circumferential decoration of four ''striae'' at regular intervals.<br>Outside an [[index::WE-7|inscription]] which is to compare with [[index::NO-14]].<br>The potsherd was found during the excavation of Franz von Wieser in 1908. During this excavation von Wieser discovered several cremation graves which date from the late [[index::chronological classification|Hallstatt period]] to the beginning of the [[index::chronological classification|La Tène period]] (cp. {{bib|Franz 1957}}: 109). The detailed context related to the sherd however is uncertain (cp. {{bib|Franz 1957}}: 109).
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Revision as of 21:33, 9 July 2014

Object
Classification: bowl
Material: pottery
Condition: fragmentary, restored
Archaeological culture: Hallstatt D, La Tène A

Site: Mellaun / Meluno (fraction of: Brixen / Bressanone, Bozen / Bolzano, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy)
Field name: Alban-Bühel
Archaeological context: cremation grave
Coordinates (approx.): 46° 41' 34.80" N, 11° 40' 8.40" E [from site]
Find date: 1908
Find circumstances: excavation
Current location: Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum (repository)
Inventory Nr.: 11.562

Inscription: WE-7 (θr)

Sources: Franz 1957: 108–109, fig. 3

Commentary

Potsherd.
Bottom of a bowl with foot.
From grey to light brown in colour.
On the belly a circumferential decoration of four striae at regular intervals.
Outside an inscription which is to compare with NO-14.
The potsherd was found during the excavation of Franz von Wieser in 1908. During this excavation von Wieser discovered several cremation graves which date from the late Hallstatt period to the beginning of the La Tène period (cp. Franz 1957: 109). The detailed context related to the sherd however is uncertain (cp. Franz 1957: 109).

Bibliography

Franz 1957 Leonhard Franz, "Südtiroler Reitia-Inschriften", Der Schlern 31 (1957), 105–109.