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{{inscription
|reading=unknown!&#93;śt·luχ· þinaχe!zn·χe
|reading_original={{c|E}}{{c|Χ}}{{c|punctuation|punctuation7}}{{c|N}}{{c|Z|Z2}}{{c|punctuation|punctuation7}}{{c|Χ}}{{c|U}}{{c|L}}{{c|punctuation|punctuation7}}{{c|T}}{{c|Ś}}&#91;
|direction=sinistroverse
|letter_height_min=1.7
|letter_height_max=2.2 cm
|letter_number_min=9
|sign_number=12
|word_number=0
|line_number=1
|script=North Italic script
|alphabet=Magrè alphabet
|language=Raetic
|meaning=unknown
|object=VR-11 mounting
|position=front
|craftsmanship=embossed
|condition=fragmentary
|sigla_mlr=120
|checklevel=1
|problem=object
}}
== Commentary ==
First published in {{bib|MLR}}. Autopsied by TIR on 17<sup>th</sup> November 2015.

Image in {{bib|MLR}} (photo).

Length of the remains 5.4 cm. The characters, all touching the upper edge, are neatly executed and unambiguous. Between the vertical breaking edge on the right and the first preserved letter San, an angle {{c||line d 120}} is probably just a trick of the eye – the lines are not straight and not deeply embossed as the others.

The sequence {{w||śt·luχ}}, probably incomplete in the beginning, is obscure. The final part of the inscription {{w||zn·χe}} represents the verbal form {{w||þinaχe}}, though the spelling is unusual. The use of Zeta for writing the Raetic dental affricate is conspicuous, in that it seems to bypass the Venetic use of the letter. See [[index::Script]] and cp. [[index::VR-2]]. For the shortening of {{w||þinaχe}} by substituting vowels with puncts cp. [[index::VR-10]]. In contrast to this latter example, where syllabic punctuation can be argued to be correctly employed, the present case is less clear: All three puncts in the inscription are per se correct, but San and Zeta ought to be punctuated as well. Generally, the scarcity of vowels is conspicuous; the sequence before {{w||þinaχe}} may well be shortened as well.

On the back of the object, in the centre, a symbol in the shape of the letter {{c||A|d}}.
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