Non-script notational systems

Preliminaries

The Raetic corpus at it presents itself today contains a considerable number of "inscriptions" which can fairly certainly be determined to not represent writing in the linguistical sense (i.e., reflecting linguistic units). The vast majority of these, however, must be expected to have a para-linguistic meaning, and should not be disregarded. This page collects 1. the relevant material from the TIR corpus, 2. inscriptions which have been included in other editions of Raetic inscriptions, but not in TIR, and 3. various documents which are mentioned in the older or archaeological literature or were found by the project team in repositories. To facilitate reference to the documents in groups 2 and 3, we have attempted a preliminary organisation of the material by assigning the sigla code EX (for "excluded" from the corpus), regardless of provenance, followed by a consecutive reference number. An introduction presenting options for classification and interpretation of the material will follow in time. See, in the meantime, Kluge 2017. (Punctuation marks as integral elements of the writing system proper are discussed on Script.)

Para-script in the Raetic corpus

Delimitation signs

A number of (arguably) language-encoding inscriptions feature in final position a character or mark which, though sometimes in the shape of a letter, can be demonstrated (or argued) to be a delimiter, i.e. marking the end of a text.

• NO-6 and SZ-40 appear to be delimited by a mark (oblique strokes in SZ-40), though is is not sure that the fragmentary NO-6 does not go on after the mark. Cp. VN-7.1.
• A mark appears in final position in NO-7 and CE-1.5. In both cases, the interpretation of the inscription strongly suggests that is to be read not as a letter Theta, but as a delimiter.

Preliminary list of (suspected) para-script material included in the Raetic corpus

• potential factory marks on rims and handles of metal vessels: BZ-7.1, BZ-7.2, BZ-8.1, BZ-8.2, NO-8, SZ-18, SZ-35, SZ-36, SZ-37.1, SZ-37.2, SZ-75, SZ-82
• potential factory marks on iron implements:
  • (including) symbols / ornament (?): BZ-19, SZ-25, SZ-26 (?), SZ-78, SZ-80
  • on scythe rings and related: SZ-44.1, SZ-44.2, SZ-45.1, SZ-45.2, SZ-46.1, SZ-46.2; SZ-47, SZ-72 (different groups); SZ-50, SZ-51 (tools)
  • on the side of axe heads: SZ-62, SZ-76.1, SZ-76.2, SZ-77, SZ-81
  • letter: SZ-33, SZ-74 (þine), SZ-43.1, SZ-43.2, SZ-79.1, SZ-79.2 (uli)
• on bronze implements: HU-1; SZ-65.1, SZ-65.2 (ku)
• on statuettes: SZ-20, SZ-71
• on bone/antler: BZ-15, SZ-48, SZ-49, SZ-63
• on pottery: BZ-20, BZ-21, BZ-22, BZ-23, SZ-55, SZ-69, SZ-83, NO-14, WE-7 (θr)
  • scratchings on handles type Himmelreich: IT-1
  • scratchings on Sanzeno bowls (see inscription pages for recurring groups): NO-18, SZ-27.1, SZ-27.2, SZ-28, SZ-29, SZ-52, SZ-54, SZ-56, SZ-57.1, SZ-57.2, SZ-58, SZ-59, SZ-60.1, SZ-60.2, SZ-60.3, SZ-61, SZ-84, SZ-85, SZ-86, WE-5.1, WE-5.2, WE-6
• on ciottoloni: IT-6, SR-11
• on loom weights: PU-2, PU-3, (MA-24)

Para-script in Raetic context

Complete list of objects with marks filed with an EX(cluded)-siglum in TIR

Siglum and object type	Find place	Repository and inv. no.	Reference	see below
EX-1 knife	Sanzeno	Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum 12.578	LIR SA-96; Nothdurfter 1979: no. 300	Dubious cases
EX-2 hoe	Sanzeno	Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum 12.571	LIR SA-109; Nothdurfter 1979: no. 340; MLR 227	Sanzeno I
EX-3 knife	Sanzeno	Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum 12.302	LIR SA-104; Nothdurfter 1979: no. 295; MLR 233	Sanzeno I
EX-4 axe	Sanzeno	Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum 12.580	LIR SA-105; Nothdurfter 1979: no. 199; MLR 191	Sanzeno I
EX-5 spear butt	Sanzeno	Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum 12.390	LIR SA-106; Nothdurfter 1979: no. 1247	Sanzeno I
EX-6 chisel	Sanzeno	Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum 12.453	LIR SA-112; Nothdurfter 1979: no. 154; MLR 224	Sanzeno I
EX-7 fragment (bronze vessel)	Sanzeno	Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum 13.225a	LIR SA-83; MLR 184	Dubious cases
EX-8 handle (bronze vessel)	Sanzeno	Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum 13.475	LIR SA-94	Dubious cases
EX-9 gouge	Sanzeno	Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum 12.537	LIR SA-111; Nothdurfter 1979: no. 143; MLR 223	Sanzeno I
EX-10 chisel	Sanzeno	Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum 12.418	LIR SA-102; MLR 230	Sanzeno I
EX-11 handle (bronze vessel)	Sanzeno	Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum 12.871	LIR SA-107; MLR 225	Dubious cases
EX-12 hoe	Sanzeno	Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum 12.541a	LIR SA-108; Nothdurfter 1979: no. 337; MLR 235	Sanzeno I
EX-13 key	Sanzeno	Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum 12.354a	Nothdurfter 1979: no. 834; Bassi 1996: 87 [Scheda N. II.2], fig. 24.2	—
EX-14 knife	Sanzeno	Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum 3.487	LIR NO-2	Dubious cases
EX-15 potsherd	Ganglegg	Vintschger Museum (no inv. no.)	Gamper & Steiner 1999: fig. 24.12; Steiner & Gamper 1999: fig. 10.6	—
EX-16 bone point	Ganglegg	Vintschger Museum G 2001.109	?	Ganglegg
EX-17 bone point	Ganglegg	Vintschger Museum G 2001.209	Gamper 2006: fig. 63.12	Ganglegg
EX-18 bone point	Ganglegg	Vintschger Museum G 97.274	Gamper 2006: fig. 87.7	Ganglegg
EX-19 bone point	Ganglegg	Vintschger Museum G 2000.1030	?	Ganglegg
EX-20 bone	Ganglegg	Vintschger Museum G 2011.80	unpublished	Ganglegg
EX-21 bone	Ganglegg	Vintschger Museum G 2011.83	unpublished	Ganglegg
EX-22 bone	Ganglegg	Vintschger Museum G 97.263	Gamper 2006: fig. 73.2	Ganglegg
EX-23 bone point	Ganglegg	Vintschger Museum G 97.[???]	Gamper 2000: fig. 12.3; Gamper 2006: fig. 149.11	Ganglegg
EX-24 bone point	Ganglegg	Vintschger Museum G [?]	Gamper 2006: fig. 69.4; MLR 262.4	Ganglegg
EX-25 bone point	Ganglegg	Vintschger Museum G 2000.1070	Steiner & Gamper 2001: fig. 6.3; Gamper 2006: fig. 69.3; MLR 262.3	Ganglegg
EX-26 bone point	Ganglegg	Vintschger Museum G 2000.1031	Steiner & Gamper 2001: fig. 6.6; Gamper 2006: fig. 69.2; MLR 262.2	Ganglegg
EX-27 bone point	Ganglegg	Vintschger Museum G 2000.1063	Gamper 2006: fig. 69.1; MLR 262.1	Ganglegg
EX-28 handle (bronze vessel)	Ganglegg	Vintschger Museum W.P. 1155	Gamper 2000: fig. 8.11	—
EX-29 bowl	Ganglegg	Vintschger Museum (inv. no. unknown)	Gamper & Steiner 1999: fig. 24.11; Steiner & Gamper 1999: fig. 8.6; Gamper 2006: fig. 150.7	—
EX-30 bone (astragalos)	Ganglegg	Vintschger Museum (inv. no. unknown)	Gamper 2006: fig. 69.25	Marks on astragaloi
EX-31 axe	Piperbühel	Stadtmuseum Bozen / Museo Civico di Bolzano 530	Menghin 1914: 7, fig. 6b	—
EX-32 axe	Kaltern / Caldaro	Castello del Buonconsiglio 2.788	Orsi 1882: no. 4; MLR 19	Marks on Hallstatt axes
EX-33 axe	Kaltern / Caldaro	Castello del Buonconsiglio 2.791	Orsi 1882: no. 6; MLR 18	Marks on Hallstatt axes
EX-34 axe	Kaltern / Caldaro	Castello del Buonconsiglio 2.792	Orsi 1882: no. 7	Marks on Hallstatt axes
EX-35 bone point	Sanzeno	Castello del Buonconsiglio 7.043	Ghislanzoni 1931: 442, fig. 52, fig. 96h; MLR 187	Ganglegg
EX-36 simpulum	Sanzeno	Castello del Buonconsiglio 6.983	Ghislanzoni 1931: 432, fig. 30, fig. 96g; MLR 186	—
EX-37 situla	Sanzeno	Castello del Buonconsiglio 8.155	Fogolari 1960: 285 [no. 89]	—
EX-38 axe	Sanzeno	Castello del Buonconsiglio 2.836	LIR: SA-110; Nothdurfter 1979: no. 181	—
EX-39 axe	Sanzeno	Castello del Buonconsiglio 8.043	Fogolari 1960: 276–277 [no. 89], pl. V.1	—
EX-40 hoe	Castelfondo	Castello del Buonconsiglio 4.557	unpublished	—
EX-41 bronze	Nonsberg / Val di Non	Castello del Buonconsiglio 3.618	Oberziner 1883: 191, pl. III, fig. 1; LIR NO-1; Kluge & Salomon 2015: 85, fig. 2	—
EX-42 bowl	Dercolo	Castello del Buonconsiglio 3.445	Kluge & Salomon 2015: 86–88, fig. 6	—
EX-43 axe	Sanzeno	Castello del Buonconsiglio 7.038	LIR: SA-87; Nothdurfter 1979: no. 169	—
EX-44 bowl	Sanzeno	Castello del Buonconsiglio 7.041	Ghislanzoni 1931: 459, fig. 96c, fig. 96d; LIR SA-39	—
EX-45 hoe	Sanzeno	Castello del Buonconsiglio 7.004	Nothdurfter 1979: no. 338	—
EX-46 fibula	Pfatten / Vadena	Castello del Buonconsiglio 2.447	Orsi 1883: pl. IV.4; Marzatico 1997: 481 [no. 1144]	Marks on fibulae
EX-47 axe	Zambana, Coel	Castello del Buonconsiglio 3.693	Lunz 1974: 356, pl. 7.9; Marzatico 1997: 427–428 [no. 1086]	—
EX-48 axe	Mezzolombardo (?)	Castello del Buonconsiglio 3.103	Lunz 1974: 357, pl. 10.1; Marzatico 1997: 134–135 [no. 247]	Marks on Hallstatt axes
EX-49 potsherd	Zambana	Castello del Buonconsiglio (no inv. no.)	Marzatico 1997: 409–410 [no. 1054]	—
EX-50 potsherd	Pfatten / Vadena	Castello del Buonconsiglio 2.669	Marzatico 1997: 798 [no. 2256]	—
EX-51 bone (astragalos)	Sanzeno	Castello del Buonconsiglio 7.143	unpublished	Marks on astragaloi
EX-52 potsherd	Sanzeno	Castello del Buonconsiglio 7.127	unpublished	—
EX-53 scythe	Sanzeno	Museo Retico Sanzeno 6.319	Nothdurfter 1979: no. 325; MLR 159	—
EX-54 axe	Sanzeno	Museo Retico Sanzeno 8.182	Fogolari 1960: 283 [no. 86]; Nothdurfter 1979: no. 168	—
EX-55 fragment (bronze vessel)	Cles, Campi Neri	Museo Retico Sanzeno (no inv. no.)	MLR 32	—
EX-56 knife	Sanzeno	Museo Retico Sanzeno (inv. no. unknown)	?	—
EX-57 bone	Montesei di Serso	Museo delle Scienze di Trento PEGO 76	Pellegrini & Sebesta 1965: 16 [no. 3]	—
EX-58 bone (three fragments, two incised)	Montesei di Serso	Museo delle Scienze di Trento PEGO 77–80	Pellegrini & Sebesta 1965: 16 [no. 5] [only one fragment = the one on the left in the photo below]	—
EX-59 potsherd	Montesei di Serso	Museo delle Scienze di Trento PEGO 119	Pellegrini & Sebesta 1965: 16 [no. 1]	—
EX-60 potsherd	Montesei di Serso	Museo delle Scienze di Trento PEGO 1166	Pellegrini & Sebesta 1965: 16 [no. 7 (?)]	—
EX-61 bowl	Montesei di Serso	Museo delle Scienze di Trento PEGO 56	Perini 1965b: 41 [C 1], fig. 7; MLR 94	—
EX-62 potsherd	Stufels	Amt für Bodendenkmäler Bozen ST 6484	MLR 15	—
EX-63 bowl	Mellaun, Albanbühel	Amt für Bodendenkmäler Bozen (no inv. no.)	—
EX-64 potsherd	Jenesien, Greifenstein	Amt für Bodendenkmäler Bozen (no inv. no.)	Torggler 2002: 141, fig. 5	—
EX-65 fibula	Rungger Egg	Amt für Bodendenkmäler Bozen R85/5B	Gleirscher et al. 2002: 152 [no. 29.6], pl. 29.6; MLR 24	Marks on fibulae
EX-66 fragments (different helmets)	Greifensteiner Hang, Kosman-Gut	Amt für Bodendenkmäler Bozen (no inv. no.)	Egg 1986: 244 [no. 367a], fig. 210–211, pl. 279b–c; Lunz & Morandi 2003: 344	Marks on helmets – Kosman-Gut
EX-67 fragment (situla)	Moritzing	Amt für Bodendenkmäler Bozen MN 13-2 (MN_2 ?)	Steiner 2002: 193, 293 [no. 5], fig. 5, pl. 3.5; MLR 12	—
EX-68 bowl	Moritzing	Amt für Bodendenkmäler Bozen (no inv. no.) (MN 309-20 ?)	Steiner 2002: 300 [no. 12], pl. 13.12	—
EX-69 simpulum	Moritzing	Amt für Bodendenkmäler Bozen (no inv. no.)	Steiner 2002: 203, 301 [no. 5], fig. 21, pl. 14.5	—
EX-70 handle (simpulum)	Moritzing	Amt für Bodendenkmäler Bozen (no inv. no.)	Steiner 2002: 203, 303 [no. 7], pl. 19.7; MLR 11	—
EX-71 potsherd	Moritzing	Amt für Bodendenkmäler Bozen (no inv. no.)	Ghislanzoni 1930–31: 185; Mayr 1960f: 390, fig. 6; LIR: BZ-11	—
EX-72 chisel	Unterinn, Zwingenstein	Amt für Bodendenkmäler Bozen (no inv. no.)	Putzer 2011: 29, pl. 5.3	—
EX-73 stone	Riffian, Burgstall	Amt für Bodendenkmäler Bozen (no inv. no.)	Niederwanger & Nothdurfter 1999: 162, fig. 17	—
EX-74 potsherd	Riffian, Burgstall	Amt für Bodendenkmäler Bozen RIB 0022a	Niederwanger & Nothdurfter 1999: 162, fig. 19.6	—
EX-75 handle (simpulum)	Riffian, Burgstall	Amt für Bodendenkmäler Bozen RIB 0019	Niederwanger & Nothdurfter 1999: 162, fig. 24.2	—
EX-76 fibula	Riffian, Burgstall	Amt für Bodendenkmäler Bozen RIB 0004	Niederwanger & Nothdurfter 1999: 162, fig. 23.8	—
EX-77 potsherd	Sanzeno	Castello del Buonconsiglio 7.142	Ghislanzoni 1931: 463, fig. 96b	—
EX-78 potsherd	Sanzeno	Castello del Buonconsiglio 7.142	Ghislanzoni 1931: 463, fig. 96a	—
EX-79 potsherd	Sanzeno	Castello del Buonconsiglio (no inv. no.)	Fogolari 1960: 285 [No. 83]	—
EX-80 wood	Pfalzen, Moorfeld	Amt für Bodendenkmäler Bozen (no inv. no.)	unpublished	Dubious cases
EX-81 potsherd (collective siglum for different ceramic fragments)	Himmelreich	Museum Wattens M 4, M 5, M 6, M 7, M 30, M 103, M 110, M 124, M 129, M 198, M 271, M 272, M 277, M 278, M 461, M 611, M 615, Z 6 Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum 18.228/H 477, H 505, H 557, H618–H661	Sinnhuber 1949: pl. XXV; Kasseroler 1957: pl. 63; MLR 297	Himmelreich
EX-82 axe (collective siglum for different axes)	Fliess	Archäologisches Museum Fliess	Sydow 1995	Marks on Hallstatt axes
EX-83 axe	Kaltern / Caldaro	Castello del Buonconsiglio 2.793	Orsi 1882: No. 10; Marzatico 1997: 450 [no. 1097]	Marks on Hallstatt axes
EX-84 helmets	Ženjak	Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien – Antikensammlung	Reinecke 1950; Egg 1986	Marks on helmets – Ženjak
EX-85 helmets	various	various	Reinecke 1950; Egg 1986	Marks on helmets
EX-86 pitcher	Lover	Castello del Buonconsiglio 5.225	LIR: LOV-1	—
EX-87 awl	Sanzeno	Castello del Buonconsiglio 8.050	LIR: SA-69; Nothdurfter 1979: no. 241; Fogolari 1960: 275 [no. 49], pl. VII.13	—
EX-88 key	Sanzeno	Castello del Buonconsiglio (no inv. no.)	LIR: SA-95; Nothdurfter 1979: no. 839; Bassi 1996: 88 [Scheda N. II.7], fig. 25.3	—
EX-89 axe	Zambana, Scalette	Castello del Buonconsiglio 5.456	Marzatico 1997: 414–415 [no. 1061]	—
EX-90 axe	Sanzeno	Castello del Buonconsiglio 8.043	Fogolari 1960: 289–290 [no. 10]; Nothdurfter 1979: no. 167	—
EX-91 axe	Sanzeno	Castello del Buonconsiglio 8.182	Fogolari 1960: 290 [no. 28]; Nothdurfter 1979: no. 168	—
EX-92 drill bit	Sanzeno	Castello del Buonconsiglio 9.362	Fogolari 1960: 290 [no. 11]	—
EX-93 file	Sanzeno	Castello del Buonconsiglio 8.069	Fogolari 1960: 275 [no. 71]; Nothdurfter 1979: o. 132	—
EX-94 beaker	Bostel	Museo Archeologico dell'Altopiano dei Sette Comuni (inv. no. unknown)	MLR 103	Bostel
EX-95 beaker	Bostel	Museo Archeologico dell'Altopiano dei Sette Comuni 320443	De Guio 2011: 176f., fig. 10.1; Marinetti 2011b: 201 [no. 1] with fig.; MLR 105	Bostel
EX-96 beaker	Bostel	Museo Archeologico dell'Altopiano dei Sette Comuni 320447	unpublished	Bostel
EX-97 potsherd	Bostel	Museo Archeologico dell'Altopiano dei Sette Comuni (inv. no. unknown)	unpublished	Bostel
EX-98 bowl	Bostel	Museo Archeologico dell'Altopiano dei Sette Comuni (inv. no. unknown)	De Guio 2011: 176f., fig. 11.12	Bostel
EX-99 bone (collective siglum for different bones / bone fragments)	Bostel	Museo Archeologico dell'Altopiano dei Sette Comuni (no inv. no.)	MLR 119	Bostel
EX-100 ingot	Magrè	Museo Nazionale Atestino MNA 57550	Pellegrini 1918: 174, fig. 6; LIR: MA-22a	—
EX-101 potsherd	Bostel	currently untraceable	Pellegrini 1915: 121; PID: 218 i (b); Schumacher 2004: AS-3 (St2); LIR: ROT-4	Bostel
EX-102 potsherd	Bostel	currently untraceable	Pellegrini 1915: 121; PID: 218 i (c); Schumacher 2004: AS-3 (St3); LIR: ROT-14	Bostel
EX-103 potsherd	Bostel	currently untraceable	Pellegrini 1915: 121; PID: 218 i (d); Schumacher 2004 AS-3 (St4); LIR ROT-13	Bostel
EX-104 potsherd	Bostel	lost	Nalli 1895: 259 [no. a]; LIR: ROT-17	Bostel
EX-105 potsherd	Bostel	lost	Nalli 1895: 258 [no. 2]	Bostel
EX-106 potsherd	St. Lorenzen	Museum Mansio Sebatum SPR 2.348–368	unpublished	—
EX-107 potsherd	St. Lorenzen	Museum Mansio Sebatum SPR 2.350-368	unpublished	—
EX-108 bone	San Giorgio di Valpolicella	Soprintendenza Archeologia del Veneto – Nucleo Operativo di Verona Inv. No. IG VR 65203	Marinetti 2003: 114 [no. 8], fig. 1.8; Marinetti 2004: 415 [no. 8], fig. 2.8; MLR 129	—
EX-109 bone	San Giorgio di Valpolicella	Soprintendenza Archeologia del Veneto – Nucleo Operativo di Verona Inv. No. IG VR 65202	Marinetti 2003: 114 [no. 9], fig. 1.9; Marinetti 2004: 415 [no. 9], fig. 2.9; MLR 128	—
EX-110 bone	San Giorgio di Valpolicella	probably Soprintendenza Archeologia del Veneto – Nucleo Operativo di Verona (currently untraceable)	Marinetti 2003: 114 [no. 10], fig. 1.10; Marinetti 2004: 415 [no. 10], fig. 2.10	—
EX-111 bone	San Giorgio di Valpolicella	probably Soprintendenza Archeologia del Veneto – Nucleo Operativo di Verona (currently untraceable)	Marinetti 2003: 114 [no. 11], fig. 1.11; Marinetti 2004: 415 [no. 11], fig. 2.11	—
EX-112 bone	San Giorgio di Valpolicella	probably Soprintendenza Archeologia del Veneto – Nucleo Operativo di Verona (currently untraceable)	Marinetti 2003: 114 [no. 12], fig. 2.12; Marinetti 2004: 415 [no. 12], fig. 3.12	—
EX-113 bone	San Giorgio di Valpolicella	probably Soprintendenza Archeologia del Veneto – Nucleo Operativo di Verona (currently untraceable)	Marinetti 2003: 114 [no. 13], fig. 2.13; Marinetti 2004: 415 [no. 13], fig. 3.13	—
EX-114 potsherd	Fliess, Pillerhöhe	Archäologisches Museum Fliess Pi 228/98/1	Tschurtschenthaler & Wein 1998: 247; Tschurtschenthaler & Wein 2002: 663f., TM 653659	—
EX-115 bowl	Fliess, Pillerhöhe	Archäologisches Museum Fliess Pi 225/95	Tschurtschenthaler & Wein 1998: 247, fig. 23.12; Tschurtschenthaler & Wein 2002: 663f., TM 653658	—
EX-116 bowl	Mellaun / Meluno	Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum 11.555	Lunz 1974: 397, pl. 66.9, TM 653653, TM 653654	—

Types of marks and respective objects from Raetic context (geographical/archaeological)

Provenance	Description	Literature	Images	Dating
Himmelreich	Numerous fragments of pottery bearing diverse characters, often on handles and bottoms, ranging from obviously non-script, ornament-like scratchings and symbols to such as might be interpreted as letters (e.g. , ). The finds from the Himmelreich are preserved in the Museum Wattens as well as in the Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum (collective siglum: EX-81); similar sherds are found throughout the Inn Valley. IT-1 is not an inscription, but belongs with this group.	Sinnhuber 1949, Kasseroler 1957	Drawings in Kasseroler 1957, with a table of signs (pl. 63); photos in Sinnhuber 1949 (pl. XXV)	La Tène period according to the archaeological context
Ganglegg	Besides the inscribed bones and bone points discovered on the Ganglegg hill which are included in the Thesaurus Inscriptionum Raeticarum, a large number of objects of the same kind were found (bones: EX-20, EX-22 and EX-23, EX-30 (astragalus; for the latter cp. below 'Marks on astragaloi'); bone points: EX-16 to EX-19, EX-23 to EX-27). These bear (supposedly) non-script characters the interpretation of which is uncertain. Some of the characters are formally identical with letters (e.g. flanked by a row of vertical scratches). If the bones and bone point are connected to some sort of lot casting practice, they might represent personal marks of the owners. In light of the properly inscribed ones, which appear to bear mainly names, mere decorations are unlikely. The lot are preserved in the Vintschger Museum. An isolated, similar find comes from Sanzeno (EX-35; Castello del Buonconsiglio, Inv. No. 7.043).	Gamper 2006: 142–146	Drawings in Gamper 2006: fig. 76 and 77	3rd–1st centuries BC (by archaeological context)
Marks on helmets	Kosman-Gut: A large number of small fragments of at least seven different helmets of the Negau type; eighteen of them bear marks. Of those, four are included in the Raetic corpus (BZ-26, BZ-27, BZ-28, BZ-29 in descending order regarding the certainty of script character). Of the remaining fourteen, one is believed to belong to the same helmet as the one bearing BZ-26; the single scratch visible is more pronounced than the inscription, cp. maybe the diverse marks occurring on helmets with inscriptions (SL-1 helmet, SL-2 helmet, the Negau helmet A, and the pieces listed below). The other thirteen fragments (EX-66, see photo) display mostly fragmented scratches, sometimes intersecting or forming angles. Some arrangements are clearly non-linear and/or non-script, some indeterminable. No. 69 (second from the right in the second row) might have (cp. BZ-27 and BZ-28); no. 65 (second from the left in the first row) has an asterisk flanked by vertical scratches. Currently in the Amt für Bodendenkmäler Bozen / Ufficio Beni archeologici Bolzano. Ženjak: collective siglum EX-84, preserved in the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien – Antikensammlung. various: EX-85	Egg 1986: 244 [No. 367a]; Lunz & Morandi 2003: 344	Egg 1986: fig. 210–211, pl. 279b–c	5th–1st centuries BC (typology)
Sanzeno I (symbols on iron)	Many heavy iron implements from Sanzeno (apparently a centre of iron workmanship???), namely chisels, gouges, spear butts, axe heads, hoes, sickles, scythe rings and knives, bear marks, often in the same spot on the same type of object. The most regularly recurring characters are the asterisk and the sign "a caporale" , registered as "symbols" in the inscriptions in our database. For the associated testimonies from the Raetic corpus see above sub "potential factory marks on iron implements". Mancini included a number of these symbols as new inscriptions in the LIR; according to our policy of concentrating on characters which can be read as letters, these have not been included in the Thesaurus Inscriptionum Raeticarum. They are: EX-2 (LIR: SA-109), EX-3 (LIR: SA-104), EX-4 (LIR: SA-105), EX-5 (LIR: SA-106) (for all these, see the drawings on this page), EX-6 (LIR: SA-112), EX-9 (LIR: SA-111), EX-10 (LIR: SA-102) and EX-12 (LIR: SA-108).	LIR; some already in Nothdurfter 1979	LIR; some already in Nothdurfter 1979
Bostel	In addition to the ceramic beakers bearing language-encoding inscriptions and/or recurring marks, four more beakers (EX-94, EX-95, EX-96, EX-97) and one bowl (EX-98) are inscribed with various scratchings. EX-101, EX-102, EX-103, EX-104 and EX-105 on potsherds (all lost) also belong here; the first three may represent further examples of the iθθi-group. Collective siglum EX-99: Eleven small bones and/or bone fragments bearing one or two simple marks (e.g. , , ).	MLR 103, 105, 119	Photos in MLR
Marks on fibulae	The Raetic corpus contains one potential inscription on a fibula (NO-9), which is highly suspect of being ornamental. Parallels: fibulae from Pfaffenhofen (Landeskonservatorat für Tirol), EX-46 from Pfatten / Vadena (Castello del Buonconsiglio, Inv. No. 2.447), EX-65 from Rungger Egg (Amt für Bodendenkmäler Bozen / Ufficio Beni archeologici Bolzano, Inv. No. R85/5B)
Marks on bronze axes from the Hallstatt period	A substantial collection of bronze axes bearing diverse marks are preserved in the Archäologisches Museum Fliess (collective siglum: EX-82); four more pieces are kept in the Castello del Buonconsiglio (EX-32, EX-33, EX-34, EX-83; a fifth axe with Inv. No. 2.790 is missing). They are too old to be considered in any way connected to the Raetic script proper, but may be of relevance for the interpretation of non-script marks contemporaneous with it. BZ-17 belongs with this group.			Hallstatt period
Marks on Astragaloi	EX-30, EX-51. The only known inscription on an astragalus (which also bears additional marks) is NO-13.

Ciottoloni

Two oval stones, both from alphabetical Magrè context and bearing somewhat similar marks on one of the more level surfaces. The objects themselves, however, are less similar: While the object from the Inn valley is smaller and perforated, the one from Serso is too large to be carried about, and features a cross on the other side. Their function and the nature of the characters is unknown. Cp. ciottoloni from Venetic context, which are inscribed with funerary texts (Pellegrini & Prosdocimi 1967: Es ???).

Loom weights

Two stone loom weights were found near St. Lorenzen / San Lorenzo di Sebato in the Puster valley, but in different find spots and of different type: While PU-2 loom weight is conical (Zettelstrecker), PU-3 loom weight is circular. The characters inscribed are also quite different. The circular object is the most relevant find epigraphically, bearing numerous characters in different sizes, applied with different instruments; the manner of inscription is more reminiscent of certain bowls (see above). The conical weight, on the other hand, is inscribed (or more likely decorated) with sequences of alternate and , and thereby more similar to another conical object which might qualify as a loom weight: a leaden ingot from Magrè inscribed with a zig-zag line.

Sequences of lines, crosses and chevrons

• The uθiiθi-group. The sequence recurs on three scythe rings (SZ-44.1, SZ-45.1, SZ-46.1), always accompanied by la in the reverse side, and also appears on a chisel and a knife. This suggests a factory mark; however, a fourth scythe ring is inscribed with a different combination of , and . This objects differs from the others in size, so numerical notation (size, weight, price?) comes into consideration. (A fifth scythe ring appears to have yet another sequence, maybe featuring additional characters.) la, interestingly, is also associated with bowls (see above).
• . The sequence occurring on the abovementioned fourth scythe ring is also found, curiously, on a worked piece of bone – the latter has been interpreted as being connected to lot throwing (cp. the bone points of the Ganglegg), which would lead one to expect an inscription in some way connected to the numinous sphere, or names as on the Ganglegg. Then again, knowing as little as we do about the actual practice of Raetic sortes, we cannot exclude numerical writing (or indeed, anything).
• Another presumably votive object is the horse statuette with . See above on the question of whether votive bronzes feature indications of price.
• . Occurring only once, on a bronze axe only likely to be from Sanzeno, but suspiciously similar to .
• On diverse iron implements. SZ-81, BZ-19
• On bronze vessels. SZ-82, BZ-8.2
• On pottery. BZ-20, (BZ-21), (BZ-22), (BZ-23)
• Ornament. and being age-old elements of decoration, sequences serving purely aesthetic purposes may find their way into the corpus. They can sometimes be identfied by the symmetry of arrangement and/or position: on the tip of a tusk, on a loom weight. Another such case, introduced by Mancini in the LIR (SA-96; EX-1), is an obviously ornamental band along the back of a knife, and has not been included in the TIR. Also suspicious is SZ-80 with its curious spacing ( ).

(IT-9), (SZ-36), VN-4, VN-5.1, VN-6, VN-7.2, VR-8, WE-5.1.2, WE-8.2

Isolated cases and otherwise ungroupable material

• EX-80: A wooden board, unpublished, currently at the Amt für Bodendenkmäler Bozen / Ufficio Beni archeologici Bolzano. Along one lengthwise edge, discolourations and to some extent indentations in the shape of lines, which might possibly be traces of characters. The lines cannot be arranged into letters; they are more likely to be marks left by some kind of metal fitting or the like.
• New inscriptions in LIR, all preserved in the Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, which have not been included in the TIR:
  • EX-1 (LIR: SA-96) – clearly ornamental (see drawing on this page)
  • EX-7 (LIR: SA-83) – fragmented, but more likely to be a zig-zag ornament
  • EX-8 (LIR: SA-94) – a -shape on a handle, isolated and in the context of ornament
  • EX-11 (LIR: SA-107) – the symbols and on a bronze handle; see above "Sanzeno I"
  • EX-14 (LIR: NO-2) – illegible; maybe comparable with the group "Sanzeno I" above

Images

Object EX-1 knife.	Object EX-2 hoe.	Object EX-3 knife.	Object EX-4 axe.	Object EX-5 spear butt.
Object EX-114 potsherd - sideview.	Object EX-114 potsherd with inscription EX-114 - underside.	Inscription EX-114.	Object EX-115 bowl.	Object EX-115 bowl with inscription EX-115 - underside.
Inscription EX-115.	Object EX-15 potsherd	Object EX-16 bone point.	Object EX-17 bone point.	Object EX-18 bone point.
Object EX-19 bone point.	Object EX-20 bone.	Object EX-21 bone.	Object EX-22 bone.	Object EX-23 bone point.
Object EX-24 bone point.	Object EX-25 bone point.	Object EX-26 bone point.	Object EX-27 bone point.	Object EX-28 handle.
Object EX-29 bowl.	Object EX-30 bone.	Object EX-31 axe.	Object EX-32 axe.	Object EX-33 axe.
Object EX-34 axe.	Object EX-35 bone point.	Object EX-36 simpulum.	Object EX-37 situla.	Object EX-38 axe.
Object EX-39 axe.	Object EX-40 hoe.	Object EX-41 bronze.	Inscription EX-42.	Object EX-42 bowl.
Object EX-43 axe.	Object EX-44 bowl.	Object EX-45 hoe.	Object EX-46 fibula.	Object EX-47 axe.
Object EX-48 axe.	Object EX-49 potsherd.	Object EX-50 potsherd.	Objects EX-51 bone.	Object EX-52 potsherd.
Object EX-53 scythe.	Object EX-55 fragment.	Object EX-56 knife.	Object EX-57 bone.	Object EX-58 bone.
Object EX-59 handle.	Object EX-60 handle.	Object EX-62 bowl.	Object EX-63 bowl.	Object EX-64 potsherd.
Object EX-65 fibula.	Object EX-66 fragment (fragments of different helmets).	Object EX-67 fragment.	Object EX-68 bowl.	Object EX-69 simpulum.
Object EX-70 handle.	Object EX-71 potsherd.	Object EX-72 chisel.	Object EX-73 stone.	Object EX-74 potsherd.
Object EX-75 handle.	Object EX-80 wood.

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Ancient sources I Archaeology in the Raetic area I Bibliography I Concordance I Index I Modern research on Raetic I Non-script notational systems I Raetic epigraphy I Raetica I Script I The Raetic language