BZ-11

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Inscription
Transliteration:	ṭịte
Original script:
Object:	BZ-11 cist (bronze)
Position:	rim
Orientation:	0°
Script:	North Italic script (Sanzeno alphabet)
Direction of writing:	sinistroverse
Letter height:	6 mm0.6 cm <br /> 0.6 cm <br />
Number of letters:	4
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	embossed
Current condition:	unknown
Archaeological culture:	La Tène B, La Tène C [from object]
Date of inscription:
Date derived from:
Language:	unknown
Meaning:	unknown
Alternative sigla:	IR 80 LIR BZ-14 MLR 287
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 181

Commentary

First published in Vetter 1943: 80. Non vidi.

Pictures in Mayr 1960c: Abb. 1 (photo), IR (photo tav. LIII c and drawing = LIR), MLR (photo = IR photo tav. LIII c).

Length acc. to Mancini 3.1 cm. Judging by the photos, a white inlay has been applied. While te seems clear, only the upper parts of the first two letters are preserved; the reading tite (^†pipe) goes back to Mayr, who compared this testimony with an identical sequence in the incorrectly segmented BZ-4. The reading in its updated form is supported by the possible comparison with the Etruscan PN tite.

Further references: Mayr 1960c: 127, Tibiletti Bruno 1978: 226.

Bibliography

IR	Alberto Mancini, "Iscrizioni retiche", Studi Etruschi 43 (1975), 249–306.
LIR	Alberto Mancini, Le Iscrizioni Retiche [= Quaderni del dipartimento di linguistica, Università degli studi di Firenze Studi 8–9], Padova: Unipress 2009–10. (2 volumes)