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Length 24 cm. Engraved on the upper part of the stela, inside a house-shaped frame together with a wave-like pattern. | Length 24 cm. Engraved on the upper part of the stela, inside a house-shaped frame together with a wave-like pattern. | ||
The letters are not all equally well legible, some having suffered more by erosion than others. The circle of {{c||addO3}} is clear despite a disturbance in the upper right area, next to which a piece of the stone has broken off. The next letter, a rounded {{c||addS1}} distinctly longer than {{c||addO3}}, is equally unambiguous. To the left of this, an oblique line running parallel to the middle part of {{c||addS1}} is clearly visible, suggesting another {{c||addS1}}. No other reading seems feasible, although the area under the central line is disturbed, and no trace of a line can be made out in the area above it. (The upper part of the preceding {{c||addS1}} is less deeply scratched than the lower curve; if the same was the case with the second {{c||addS1}}, the upper part might indeed be completely gone.) The angle of {{c||U2}}, the same height as {{c||addO3}} again, is clear. The letter after {{c||U2}} is problematic: The hasta of a shape like a Raetic {{c||R2}}, the same height as {{c||U2}}, is prolonged in the bottom to the height of {{c||addS1}}, prompting {{bib|Mayr 1956b|Mayr}} to read Latin {{c||addR2}} {{p||p}}. The area where the downstroke of a Latin {{c||addR3}} would be is disturbed; what is visible there looks more like a dot which may or may not be intentional. An interpretation of {{c||addR2}} as Etruscoid {{p||r}} is unlikely due to the presence of {{c||addO3}}. The inscription concludes with unambiguous {{c||I}} and {{c||E}}, both as high as {{c||addS1}}. | The letters are not all equally well legible, some having suffered more by erosion than others. The circle of {{c||addO3}} is clear despite a disturbance in the upper right area, next to which a piece of the stone has broken off. The next letter, a rounded {{c||addS1}} distinctly longer than {{c||addO3}}, is equally unambiguous. To the left of this, an oblique line running parallel to the middle part of {{c||addS1}} is clearly visible, suggesting another {{c||addS1}}. No other reading seems feasible, although the area under the central line is disturbed, and no trace of a line can be made out in the area above it. (The upper part of the preceding {{c||addS1}} is less deeply scratched than the lower curve; if the same was the case with the second {{c||addS1}}, the upper part might indeed be completely gone.) The angle of {{c||U2}}, the same height as {{c||addO3}} again, is clear. The letter after {{c||U2}} is problematic: The hasta of a shape like a Raetic {{c||R2}}, the same height as {{c||U2}}, is prolonged in the bottom (though heavily eroded in that part) to the height of {{c||addS1}}, prompting {{bib|Mayr 1956b|Mayr}} to read Latin {{c||addR2}} {{p||p}}. The area where the downstroke of a Latin {{c||addR3}} would be is disturbed; what is visible there looks more like a dot which may or may not be intentional. An interpretation of {{c||addR2}} as Etruscoid {{p||r}} is unlikely due to the presence of {{c||addO3}}. The inscription concludes with unambiguous {{c||I}} and {{c||E}}, both as high as {{c||addS1}}. | ||
The inscription is classified as being written in the Latin script due to every letter displaying decidedly Latin features: Apart from the presence of {{c||addO3}}, {{c||addS1}} is rounded, {{c||U2}} appears tip-down (instead of tip-up as usual in the central Raetic area), {{c||addE1}} features straight bars. {{c||I}} appears to be written with serifs (cp. [[index::RN-1]]). The epigraphically Raetic features of the inscription are the sinistroverse writing and {{c||addS1}} with the upper angle/curve opening against writing direction. | The inscription is classified as being written in the Latin script due to every letter displaying decidedly Latin features: Apart from the presence of {{c||addO3}}, {{c||addS1}} is rounded and written twice, {{c||U2}} appears tip-down (instead of tip-up as usual in the central Raetic area), {{c||addE1}} features straight bars. {{c||I}} appears to be written with serifs (cp. [[index::RN-1]]). The epigraphically Raetic features of the inscription are the sinistroverse writing and {{c||addS1}} with the upper angle/curve opening against writing direction. | ||
Linguistically, the inscription can be interpreted as a Raetic individual name typically ending in -{{p||i}}{{p||e}}. {{bib|Schumacher 2004|Schumacher}} prefers a reading {{w||ossurie}} based on the observation that two names ending in -{{p||u}}{{p||r}}{{p||i}}{{p||e}} ({{w||φelurie}} and {{w||φelipurie}}), but none ending in -{{p||u}}{{p||p}}{{p||i}}{{p||e}}, are documented in the Raetic corpus. The interpretation of the sequence as a name is of course supported by the fact that the stela is identified as a tombstone by '''???''' – the only proper inscribed grave stela known from the Raetic realm. It appears to document the transition between Raetic and Roman culture in the Bozen area, with a person bearing a Raetic name having a tombstone of Southern type erected in their honour. The question remains, why the individual name stands alone without a patronym so frequently attested on movable objects, although the name systems of both Etruscans and Romans were also multipart. | Linguistically, the inscription can be interpreted as a Raetic individual name typically ending in -{{p||i}}{{p||e}}. {{bib|Schumacher 2004|Schumacher}} prefers a reading {{w||ossurie}} based on the observation that two names ending in -{{p||u}}{{p||r}}{{p||i}}{{p||e}} ({{w||φelurie}} and {{w||φelipurie}}), but none ending in -{{p||u}}{{p||p}}{{p||i}}{{p||e}}, are documented in the Raetic corpus. The interpretation of the sequence as a name is of course supported by the fact that the stela is identified as a tombstone by '''???''' – the only proper inscribed grave stela known from the Raetic realm. It appears to document the transition between Raetic and Roman culture in the Bozen area, with a person bearing a Raetic name having a tombstone of Southern type erected in their honour. The question remains, why the individual name stands alone without a patronym so frequently attested on movable objects, although the name systems of both Etruscans and Romans were also multipart. | ||
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| Transliteration: | osṣuṛie |
| Original script: |      
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| Variant Reading: | osṣup̣ie
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| Object: | BZ-24 slab (sandstone) |
| Position: | front, upper area"upper area" is not in the list (front, back, top, bottom, inside, outside, neck, shoulder, foot, handle, ...) of allowed values for the "position" property. |
| Orientation: | 0° |
| Script: | Latin script |
| Direction of writing: | sinistroverse |
| Letter height: | 44 cm <br /> – 5.4 cm |
| Number of letters: | 7 |
| Number of lines: | 1 |
| Craftsmanship: | engraved |
| Current condition: | complete, damaged |
| Archaeological culture: | Roman republican period [from object] |
| Date of inscription: | |
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| Language: | Raetic |
| Meaning: | 'Ossurie' (PN) |
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| Alternative sigla: | none |
| Sources: | Schumacher 2004: 324 ff. |
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 Object BZ-24 slab with inscription BZ-24.
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 Inscription BZ-24.
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Commentary
First published in Buonamici 1932b: 480 f.
Pictures in Mayr 1956b: 175 (drawing) and Schumacher 2004: Taf. 14 (photo).
Listed as BZ-I in Schumacher's corpus.
Length 24 cm. Engraved on the upper part of the stela, inside a house-shaped frame together with a wave-like pattern.
The letters are not all equally well legible, some having suffered more by erosion than others. The circle of is clear despite a disturbance in the upper right area, next to which a piece of the stone has broken off. The next letter, a rounded distinctly longer than , is equally unambiguous. To the left of this, an oblique line running parallel to the middle part of is clearly visible, suggesting another . No other reading seems feasible, although the area under the central line is disturbed, and no trace of a line can be made out in the area above it. (The upper part of the preceding is less deeply scratched than the lower curve; if the same was the case with the second , the upper part might indeed be completely gone.) The angle of , the same height as again, is clear. The letter after is problematic: The hasta of a shape like a Raetic 
, the same height as , is prolonged in the bottom (though heavily eroded in that part) to the height of , prompting Mayr to read Latin p. The area where the downstroke of a Latin would be is disturbed; what is visible there looks more like a dot which may or may not be intentional. An interpretation of as Etruscoid r is unlikely due to the presence of . The inscription concludes with unambiguous and 
, both as high as .
The inscription is classified as being written in the Latin script due to every letter displaying decidedly Latin features: Apart from the presence of , is rounded and written twice, appears tip-down (instead of tip-up as usual in the central Raetic area), features straight bars. appears to be written with serifs (cp. RN-1). The epigraphically Raetic features of the inscription are the sinistroverse writing and with the upper angle/curve opening against writing direction.
Linguistically, the inscription can be interpreted as a Raetic individual name typically ending in -ie. Schumacher prefers a reading ossurie based on the observation that two names ending in -urie (φelurie and φelipurie), but none ending in -upie, are documented in the Raetic corpus. The interpretation of the sequence as a name is of course supported by the fact that the stela is identified as a tombstone by ??? – the only proper inscribed grave stela known from the Raetic realm. It appears to document the transition between Raetic and Roman culture in the Bozen area, with a person bearing a Raetic name having a tombstone of Southern type erected in their honour. The question remains, why the individual name stands alone without a patronym so frequently attested on movable objects, although the name systems of both Etruscans and Romans were also multipart.
Further references: Mayr 1956b, Lunz 1990: 38 f.
Bibliography
| Buonamici 1932b | Giulio Buonamici, "Rivista di epigrafia etrusca 1931–1932", Studi Etruschi 6 (1932), 459–496. |
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| Mayr 1956 | Karl M. Mayr, "Räto-römischer Grabstein mit Inschrift aus Maderneid in Eppan", Der Schlern 30 (1956), 175–176. |
