SZ-35

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Inscription
Transliteration:	auθu
Original script:
Object:	SZ-35 handle (bronze)
Position:	centre"centre" is not in the list (front, back, top, bottom, inside, outside, neck, shoulder, foot, handle, ...) of allowed values for the "position" property., handle
Script:	North Italic script
Direction of writing:	sinistroverse
Letter height:	0.8 cm
Number of letters:	4
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	embossed
Current condition:	complete
Date of inscription:
Date derived from:
Language:	unknown
Meaning:	unknown
Alternative sigla:	IR 34 LIR SA-35
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 140

Images

Object SZ-35 handle with inscription SZ-35.

Commentary

First published in Franz 1959: 228 (4). Autopsied by TIR in November 2013.

Pictures in Franz 1959: Taf. 2,1 (drawing), IR (photo tav. XLIII, fig. b and drawing = LIR.

Inscription lenght 1.9 cm. The characters are unambiguous and clearly visible despite corrosion.

Further references: Tibiletti Bruno 1978: 225.

Bibliography

Franz 1959	Leonhard Franz, "Rätische Inschriften im Innsbrucker Landesmuseum", Der Schlern 33 (1959), 228–229.
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)