WE-1

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Inscription
Transliteration:	lavises
Original script:
Object:	WE-1 handle (bronze)
Position:	inside, handle
Script:	North Italic script (Magrè alphabet)
Direction of writing:	dextroverse
Letter height:	0.80.8 cm <br /> – 1.1 cm
Number of letters:	7
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	embossed
Current condition:	complete, restored
Date of inscription:	5th–4th centuries BC [from object]
Date derived from:	typology [from object]
Language:	Raetic
Meaning:	'of Lavise'
Alternative sigla:	PID 188 LIR MAT-1 MLR 69 TM 218553
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 189

Commentary

First published in Giovanelli 1845: 31. Autopsied by TIR in November 2013.

Image in Giovanelli 1845: Tav. I,1 and Mommsen 1853: Taf. I,10 (drawing = AIF I: Taf. II (32)).

Length 2.5 cm. Probably an owner's inscription.

Further references: Mommsen 1853: 106, no. 10, Weber 1861: 35, AIF I 32, CII: no. 50, Taf. VI, Corssen 1874: 949 (Fn.), Pichler 1880: 42, no. 13.

Bibliography

AIF I	Carl Pauli, Altitalische Forschungen. Band 1: Die Inschriften nordetruskischen Alphabets, Leipzig: 1885.
CII	Ariodante Fabretti, Corpus inscriptionum italicarum, Torino: 1867. (2 volumes)
Corssen 1874	Wilhelm Paul Corssen, Ueber die Sprache der Etrusker. Band 1, Leipzig: 1874.
Giovanelli 1845	Benedetto Giovanelli, Le antichità rezio-etrusche scoperte presso Matrai nel Maggio 1845, Trento: Monauni 1845.
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)