IT-9 fragment
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| Classification: | miniature shield |
| Material: | bronze |
| Size: | 2.5 x 2.5 cm |
| Condition: | fragmentary |
| Date: | probably 5th century |
| Date derived from: | typology, cultural context |
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| Site: | Fliess (Tirol, Austria) |
| Field name: | Pillerhöhe |
| Coordinates (approx.): | 47° 7' 8.40" N, 10° 37' 44.40" E [from site] |
| Find date: | unknown |
| Find circumstances: | excavation |
| Current location: | Abteilung Ur- und Frühgeschichte Universität Innsbruck |
| Inventory Nr.: | none |
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| Inscription: | IT-9 (]θak[) |
Commentary
First published in Kirchmayr & Schumacher 2019: 258. Examined by Stefan Schumacher in September 2018.
Images in Kirchmayr & Schumacher 2019: 262, Abb. 5 (photos and drawings).
The small fragment is one of over 200 such pieces found on the Pillerhöhe which still await their collective investigation and publication. See Tschurtschenthaler & Wein 1998: 243 and Tschurtschenthaler & Wein 2002: 657–661 for information about the (longer-known) miniature shields from the site, and images. The objects are summarily dated to the early La Tène period.
The present fragment is the only (known) inscribed specimen. Its identification as a bit of a miniature shield is ascertained by the presence of a trace of one of the embossed rings which circle the buckle on such shields (Kirchmayr & Schumacher 2019: 258).
Bibliography
| Kirchmayr & Schumacher 2019 | Margarethe Kirchmayr, Stefan Schumacher, "Ein Miniaturschild mit rätischer Inschrift vom Fernpass", in: Simon Hye, Ulrike Töchterle (eds), UPIKU:TAUKE. Festschrift für Gerhard Tomedi zum 65. Geburtstag [= Universitätsforschungen zur prähistorischen Archäologie 339], Bonn: 2019, 257–268. |
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