SZ-41 potsherd

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Object
Classification:	vessel
Material:	pottery
Size:	length: 8.4 cm, height: 6 cm, thickness: 5 mm
Condition:	fragmentary
Date:	5th–1st centuries BC
Date derived from:	archaeological context
Site:	Sanzeno (Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy)
Field name:	Casalini
Archaeological context:	settlement, section D
Coordinates (approx.):	46° 21' 57.60" N, 11° 4' 30.00" E [from site]
Find date:	1950–1951
Find circumstances:	excavation
Current location:	Castello del Buonconsiglio (repository)
Inventory Nr.:	8042
Inscription:	SZ-41 (]?χ[)
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 141

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Object SZ-41 potsherd.

Object SZ-41 potsherd with inscription SZ-41.

Commentary

Fragment of a ceramic vessel.
The ceramic fragment could be probably identified with No. 42 in Fogolari 1960 (cp. Fogolari 1960: 274: "Frammento fittile di orlo di vaso con ansa a nastro di grossolano impasto cinereo con due lettere graffite; cm. 10x6").
The potsherd bears two characters. Probably first published in IR: 273 (No. 40), with archaeological drawing of the potsherd.
The entire material discovered in Sanzeno dates to the late Iron age period, i.e. from the 5th century BC to the Roman period (cp. Fogolari 1960: 269). Therefore the ceramic fragment must also date to this timeframe.
So far not autopsied by the Thesaurus Inscriptionum Raeticarum. The indications follow the information given in literature (cp. below the bibliography).

S.K.

Bibliography

Fogolari 1960	Giulia Fogolari, "Sanzeno nell'Anaunia", in: Deputazione di Storia Patria per le Province di Romagna (Eds), Civiltà del Ferro. Studi pubblicati nella ricorrenza centenaria della scoperta di Villanova [= Documenti e studi VI], Bologna: Forni 1960, 265–321.
IR	Alberto Mancini, "Iscrizioni retiche", Studi Etruschi 43 (1975), 249–306.