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{{inscription
|reading=$ uli
|reading_original={{c|I}}{{c|L}}{{c|U|U2}}{{c|symbol|symbol2}}
|direction=sinistroverse
|letter_height_min=1
|letter_height_max=1.5 cm
|letter_number_min=2
|sign_number=4
|word_number=0
|line_number=1
|script=unknown
|language=unknown
|meaning=unknown
|object=SZ-39 axe
|craftsmanship=embossed
|condition=complete
|sigla_ir=38a
|sigla_mancini=SA-64a
|source=Schumacher 2004: 141
|checklevel=1
|problem=position/orientation
|disambiguation=SZ-39
}}
== Commentary ==
First published in {{bib|IR}}. Autopsied by TIR in October 2014.

Images in {{bib|Nothdurfter 1979}}: Abb. 23 (no. 180) (drawing), {{bib|IR}} (photo tav. XLIV,b and drawing) = {{bib|LIR}}.

Autopsy could only be conducted through the glass of the display case, but the side of the axe with SZ-39.1 on it was well visible. Length approx. 3.5 cm (measurements apud {{bib|LIR|Mancini}}). The white inlay visible on {{bib|LIR|Mancini}}'s photo appears to have been gotten rid of. {{bib|LIR|Mancini}} read {{w||χali}}, but the first character is clearly an asterisk {{c||symbol2}}. {{c||U2}} appears with a smaller chevron inscribed into it, maybe to make it similar to the common symbol {{c||symbol4}}. {{bib|LIR|Mancini}}'s reading as inverted Alpha is due to his overlooking the second hasta of the smaller chevron. The punctuation mark seen by him after {{c||I}} could not be verified. The inscription can be compared to {{w||uli}} on numerous other iron implements from [[index::Sanzeno]]. As usual in these cases, [[index::SZ-39 axe|the object]] bears a [[index::SZ-39.2|similar inscription]] on the other side.
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