NO-2

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Inscription
Transliteration:	pianusapaụ
Original script:
Object:	NO-2 sieve funnel ()
Position:	outside
Script:	North Italic script (Sanzeno alphabet)
Direction of writing:	sinistroverse
Letter height:	0.90.9 cm <br /> – 1.4 cm
Number of letters:	10
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	engraved
Current condition:	complete, restored
Date of inscription:
Date derived from:
Language:	unknown
Meaning:	unknown
Alternative sigla:	IR 75 LIR CL-2
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 150, 336

Commentary

First published in Franz 1958b. Autopsied by TIR in November 2013.

Pictures in Franz 1958b: Abb. 2 (drawing), Mayr 1960f: 389 (drawing) and IR (photo tav. LII, fig. b and drawing = LIR).

The inscription, about 8.5 cm long, is located right under the rim and in good condition. While Franz read pianusapau in spite of the oddly misaligned , Mayr 1960f: 389 proposed pianusapan with the hasta of missing due to a mistake by the writer, citing as a parallel the inscription SZ-16 laθurusi pianus apanin. The fact that NO-2 represents an apparently nonsensical section of the well segmentable SZ-16 suggests that the inscription might be either an archaic, but unsophisticated imitation (the sieve dates from the Roman period) or an outright forgery, in any case made by a person who knew SZ-16 but was unable to read or understand it. (See Schumacher 2004: 336.)

Further references: Tibiletti Bruno 1978: 221.

Bibliography

Franz 1958b	Leonhard Franz, "Eine Inschrift aus Cles", Der Schlern 32 (1958), 39–40.
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)