VR-6 antler
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| Classification: | unidentifiable |
| Material: | antler |
| Size: | length: 9.2 cm, thickness max.: 3.2 cm |
| Condition: | fragmentary |
| Date: | 4th–3rd centuries BC |
| Date derived from: | archaeological context |
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| Site: | Montorio Veronese (fraction of: Verona, Verona, Veneto, Italy) |
| Field name: | Castello di Montorio Veronese |
| Archaeological context: | settlement (Objects: VR-6 antler, VR-7 bone, VR-8 bone, VR-9 potsherd) |
| Coordinates (approx.): | 45° 27' 22.07" N, 11° 3' 9.29" E |
| Find date: | 1998 |
| Find circumstances: | survey |
| Current location: | Soprintendenza Archeologia del Veneto – Nucleo Operativo di Verona (repository) |
| Inventory Nr.: | IG VR 61598 |
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| Inscription: | VR-6 (]ạṭ·laþu?[) |
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| Sources: | Marinetti 2004: 409–410 [No. 1] with fig. MLR: 258 with photo |
Commentary
Antler fragment.
Broken lengthwise and at the ends.
Remains of an inscription.
The archaeological finds VR-6 antler, VR-7 bone and VR-8 bone were picked up during an archaeological survey on the hill of the Castello di Montorio, near to Verona, in 1998 (cp. Marinetti 2004: 409; moreover: MLR: 257).
The discoveries which all can be put into a context of residential structure, indicate an "ampio arco cronologico (dal V secolo all’età imperiale)"; a Raetic presence however can be determined for the 4th and 3rd centuries BC. For more details see Marinetti 2004: 409 or MLR: 257.
In the recently released study about the Raetic inscriptions by Marchesini the antler is listed with "MLR 291". According to the indications in MLR the antler is kept in the Soprintendenza Archeologia del Veneto – Nucleo Operativo di Verona, an autopsy was effected (cp. MLR: 258 [MLR 291]).
Autopsied by the Thesaurus Inscriptionum Raeticarum in November 2015.
Bibliography
| Marinetti 2004 | Anna Marinetti, "Nuove iscrizioni retiche dall'area veronese", Studi Etruschi 70 (2004), 408–420. |
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