BZ-9 handle
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| Classification: | vessel |
| Material: | bronze |
| Size: | length: 17 cm, height: 10.7 cm, thickness: 6.5 mm |
| Condition: | unknown |
| Date: | 5th–4th centuries BC |
| Date derived from: | unknown |
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| Site: | Bozen / Bolzano (Bozen / Bolzano, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy) |
| Field name: | Moritzing / San Maurizio |
| Archaeological context: | hoard (Objects: BZ-4 fragment, BZ-8 situla, BZ-9 handle) |
| Coordinates (approx.): | 46° 30' 14.62" N, 11° 19' 3.00" E |
| Find date: | 1858/60 |
| Find circumstances: | by chance |
| Current location: | Stadtmuseum Bozen / Museo Civico di Bolzano (repository) |
| Inventory Nr.: | 87 |
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| Inscription: | BZ-9 (piθame) |
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| Sources: | Orgler 1866: 2–5 fig. 35 Steiner 2002: 254–258, 303, pl. 19,7 |
Images
 Object BZ-9 handle with inscription BZ-9.
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 Object BZ-9 handle - detail.
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Commentary
Handle of a bronze vessel.
Ends in form of stylised bird's head. The whole form slightly deformed. Dark green patina, partially Edelpatina (?).
For the find circumstances see: Orgler 1866: 2 and Steiner 2002; Depotfund von Moritzing
