VN-17 bone
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| Classification: | handle |
| Material: | bone |
| Size: | length: 6.5 cm, width: 1.2 cm, height: 6 mm |
| Condition: | fragmentary |
| Date: | 3rd–1st centuries BC |
| Date derived from: | archaeological context |
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| Site: | Schluderns / Sluderno (Bozen / Bolzano, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy) |
| Field name: | Ganglegg |
| Archaeological context: | settlement (Objects: VN-7 bone, VN-8 bone, VN-9 bone point, VN-10 bone, VN-11 bone point, VN-12 bone point, VN-13 bone, VN-16 bone point, VN-17 bone, VN-18 bone point, VN-19 bone) |
| Coordinates (approx.): | 46° 39' 50.40" N, 10° 35' 6.00" E [from site] |
| Find date: | probably 2011 |
| Find circumstances: | probably excavation |
| Current location: | Vintschger Museum / Museo della Val Venosta (on exhibition) |
| Inventory Nr.: | G 2011.44 |
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| Inscription: | VN-17 (]ḳe·θu) |
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| Sources: | unpublished |
Images
 Object VN-17 bone with inscription VN-17.
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Commentary
Animal bone, not further classified. Probably a handle.
Highly calcined. Slivered broken at one end.
Along characters.
Like all the bone findings on the Ganglegg hill the bone dates to 3rd–1st centuries BC (cp. Gamper & Steiner 1999: 50–51).
Bibliography
| Gamper & Steiner 1999 | Peter Gamper, Hubert Steiner, Das Ganglegg bei Schluderns. Eine befestigte bronze- und eisenzeitliche Siedlung im oberen Vinschgau, Bozen: Athesia 1999. |
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