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{{inscription
{{inscription
|reading=unknown
|reading=?
|reading_original=unknown
|reading_original=?
|reading_variant=§
|direction=ambiguous
|direction=ambiguous
|letter_height_min=0.9 cm
|letter_number_min=0
|letter_number_min=0
|word_number=0
|word_number=0
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|language=unknown
|language=unknown
|meaning=unknown
|meaning=unknown
|object=SZ-22 handle
|object=SZ-22 antler
|position=handle, inside
|position=inside
|craftsmanship=engraved
|craftsmanship=engraved
|condition=unknown
|condition=incomplete
|type_inscription=unknown
|sigla_pid=203
|sigla_pid=203
|sigla_mancini=SA-26
|sigla_mancini=SA-26
|sigla_mlr=165 V
|sigla_tm=218392
|source=Schumacher 2004: 137
|source=Schumacher 2004: 137
|checklevel=1
|checklevel=2
|problem=Autopsie Stefan: Lesung? Wo sind noch Striche? Inschriftenlänge; Anbringungsort und Grund dafür
|problem=Verweise Bibliographie, Verweis Geweihstücke
|disambiguation=SZ-22
}}
}}
== Commentary ==
== Commentary ==
First published in {{bib|PID}}.<br>Further references: {{bib|NRIE}} 99, '''{{bib|Pisani 1935}}: 94''', {{bib|Battisti 1944}}: 230 f., '''Franz 1957: 107, Anm. 19''', '''Zimmer et al. 1985: 166 (Nr 41)'''.<br>Picture in {{bib|LIR}} (drawing).<br>
First published in {{bib|PID}}. Autopsied by TIR in November 2013.
Read {{c|L|L2}}{{c|Χ}}{{c|U|U2}}{{c|H}}{{c|punctuation|punctuation6}}{{c|A}}{{c|U|U2}}{{c|H}}{{c|A|A22}} ''ahua·huχl'' by Whatmough and, following him, Schumacher (alternative {{c|R}}{{c|Χ}}{{c|U|U2}}{{c|H}}{{c|punctuation|punctuation6}}{{c|A}}{{c|U|U2}}{{c|H}}{{c|A|A22}} ''ahua·huχr'') and Mancini (''ahua·huφa''). However, the fact that many of the strokes are joined to the lower ends of the strokes of [[index::SZ-22.1]] (line 2 ''like'') suggests that they were were executed by putting the tool into the existing indentations on the edge of the handle and scratching inward. The strokes being very long and of differing length, and becoming very thin towards the middle of the handle corroborates this. Therefore, the scratchings should be looked at the other way round. The untidy appearance of the inscription casts doubt on the strokes so far interpreted as the cross-bars of two signs read as {{c|H}}: they being much more slightly scratched than the others, and much longer than they'd need to be. What has been interpreted as some sort of punctuation mark is a vertical row of very short horizontal strokes separating the inscription into two parts which may be argued to be intended as identical, excepting the {{c|Χ|Χ3}} to the very left. A grouping of the strokes into letters cannot be achieved with any certainty. Probably non-script or pseudo-script.
 
Image in {{bib|LIR}} (drawing), {{bib|MLR}} (photo).
 
Length 4.4 cm. Read with the inscribed edge pointing downward {{c||L2}}{{c||Χ}}{{c||U2}}{{c||H}}{{c||punctuation6}}{{c||A|d}}{{c||U2}}{{c||H}}{{c||A15}} {{w||ahua·huχl}} by {{bib|PID|Whatmough}} and, following him, {{bib|Schumacher 2004|Schumacher}} (alternatively {{c||R}}{{c||Χ}}{{c||U2}}{{c||H}}{{c||punctuation6}}{{c||A|d}}{{c||U2}}{{c||H}}{{c||A15}} {{w||ahua·huχr}}) and {{bib|LIR|Mancini}} ({{w||ahua·huφa}}). However, the fact that many of the scratches are joined to the lower ends of the hastae of the second line of [[index::SZ-22.1]] suggests that they were executed by putting the tool into the existing indentations on the edge of the handle and scratching inward. The scratches being very long and of differing length, and becoming very thin towards the middle of the handle, corroborates this. Therefore, the inscription should be looked at the other way round. Its untidy appearance casts doubt on the scratches so far interpreted as the cross-bars of two characters read {{c||H}} or {{c||H2}}: they being much more slightly scratched than the others, and much longer than they'd need to be. What has been interpreted as some sort of punctuation mark is a vertical row of six very short horizontal scratches separating the inscription into two parts which may be argued to be intended as identical, excepting the {{c||Χ2}} to the very right. A grouping of the strokes into letters cannot be achieved with any certainty.
 
Why an inscription should be applied to the inside of a handle where it could not be seen is a question closely related to that of whether the scratchings are script, or maybe non- or pseudo-script. An inscription may have been added after the handle was disjoined from the knife before being used as a votive offering, or even right after [[index::SZ-22.1]] if the handle was never even part of an actual knife (see [[index::???]] for a discussion of bone and antler objects as articles of daily use or votives).
 
Further references: {{bib|NRIE}} 99, '''{{bib|Pisani 1935}}: 94''', {{bib|Battisti 1944}}: 230 f., '''Franz 1957: 107, Anm. 19''', '''Zemmer-Plank et al. 1985: 166 (Nr 41)'''.
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Latest revision as of 22:16, 13 December 2021

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Inscription
Transliteration: ?
Original script: ?
Object: SZ-22 antler (antler)
(Inscriptions: SZ-22.1, SZ-22.2)
Position: inside
Script: unknown
Direction of writing: ambiguous
Number of lines: 1
Craftsmanship: engraved
Current condition: incomplete
Archaeological culture: Late Iron Age [from object]
Date of inscription: 5th–1st centuries BC [from object]
Date derived from: cultural context [from object]
Language: unknown
Meaning: unknown
Alternative sigla: PID 203
LIR SA-26
MLR 165 V
TM 218392
Sources: Schumacher 2004: 137

Images

SZ-22.2
Inscription SZ-22.2.
SZ-22 antler
Object SZ-22 antler with inscriptions SZ-22.1 and SZ-22.2.

Commentary

First published in PID. Autopsied by TIR in November 2013.

Image in LIR (drawing), MLR (photo).

Length 4.4 cm. Read with the inscribed edge pointing downward L2 sΧ sU2 sH spunctuation6 sA dU2 sH sA15 s ahua·huχl by Whatmough and, following him, Schumacher (alternatively R sΧ sU2 sH spunctuation6 sA dU2 sH sA15 s ahua·huχr) and Mancini (ahua·huφa). However, the fact that many of the scratches are joined to the lower ends of the hastae of the second line of SZ-22.1 suggests that they were executed by putting the tool into the existing indentations on the edge of the handle and scratching inward. The scratches being very long and of differing length, and becoming very thin towards the middle of the handle, corroborates this. Therefore, the inscription should be looked at the other way round. Its untidy appearance casts doubt on the scratches so far interpreted as the cross-bars of two characters read H s or H2 s: they being much more slightly scratched than the others, and much longer than they'd need to be. What has been interpreted as some sort of punctuation mark is a vertical row of six very short horizontal scratches separating the inscription into two parts which may be argued to be intended as identical, excepting the Χ2 s to the very right. A grouping of the strokes into letters cannot be achieved with any certainty.

Why an inscription should be applied to the inside of a handle where it could not be seen is a question closely related to that of whether the scratchings are script, or maybe non- or pseudo-script. An inscription may have been added after the handle was disjoined from the knife before being used as a votive offering, or even right after SZ-22.1 if the handle was never even part of an actual knife (see ??? for a discussion of bone and antler objects as articles of daily use or votives).

Further references: NRIE 99, Pisani 1935: 94, Battisti 1944: 230 f., Franz 1957: 107, Anm. 19, Zemmer-Plank et al. 1985: 166 (Nr 41).

Bibliography

Battisti 1944 Carlo Battisti, "Osservazioni sulla lingua delle iscrizioni nell'alfabeto etrusco settentrionale di Bolzano", Studi Etruschi 18 (1944), 199–236.
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)
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