GR·2 Präz
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| Classification: | slab |
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| Material: | stone |
| Size: | height ca. 85 cm, breadth ca. 70 cm, width ca. 35 cm |
| Condition: | complete |
| Autopsy by: | Corinna Salomon |
| Date of autopsy: | Sep 28 2021 |
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| Archaeological culture: | unknown |
| Date: | unknown |
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| Site: | Präz (fraction of: Cazis, Graubünden, Switzerland) |
| Coordinates (approx.): | 46° 44' 41.18" N, 9° 24' 53.05" E |
| Find date: | 1958 |
| Find circumstances: | by chance |
| Current location: | Rätisches Museum (Chur) |
| Inventory no.: | III.C210 |
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| Inscription: | GR·2 (unknown) |
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| Alternative sigla: | none |
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| Sources: | Piana Agostinetti 2004: 142 f. |
Images
 Erstwhile (2009) caption of the stone GR·2 Präz in the museum, including a drawing of the traces in the inscribed area
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 Slab from Präz with inscription GR·2
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 GR·2 Präz in comparison to Stefan Schumacher
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Commentary
Images in Simonett 1959: 3, Abb. 1 (photo = Degen 1959: Taf. 19A), Risch 1970: Taf. 4.1 (photo), Risch 1984: 36, Abb. 18 (photo), Piana Agostinetti 2004: 142, fig. 10.4 (drawing).
Irregular stone slab found in September 1958 by Simonett in the corner of an old farmhouse in the hamlet Raschlinas near Präz in the Posterior Rhine valley. The slab was used as a guard stone, but had until a few years prior served as the base for a wooden pillar in a part of the building dating from the 16th century. The greenish stone is Andeer gneiss (Simonett 1959: 2 f.) from somewhat farther south in the valley. The slab weighs over 400 kg; its shape appears to be natural (Simonett 1959: 3). In the absence of a context, no dating can be given.
The slab is currently not on exhibition, but stored in the museum's depot.
Bibliography
| Degen 1959 | Rudolf Degen (ed.), "Archäologischer Fundbericht", Jahrbuch der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Urgeschichte 47 (1958–1959), 137–227. |
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