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{{inscription | {{inscription | ||
|reading=unknown!ụ] | |reading=unknown!ụ]mep[ | ||
|reading_original=]{{c| | |reading_original=]{{c|P|P2}}{{c|E}}{{c|M}}[{{c|U|U2}} | ||
|direction=sinistroverse | |direction=sinistroverse | ||
|letter_height_min=1.2 cm | |letter_height_min=1.2 cm | ||
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|craftsmanship=engraved | |craftsmanship=engraved | ||
|condition=damaged, fragmentary | |condition=damaged, fragmentary | ||
|sigla_mancini= | |sigla_mancini=BZ-23 | ||
|source=Schumacher 2004: 177 | |sigla_mlr=246 | ||
|sigla_tm=218520 | |||
|source=Schumacher 2004: 177, 208 | |||
|checklevel=0 | |checklevel=0 | ||
}} | }} | ||
== Commentary == | == Commentary == | ||
First published in {{bib|Schumacher 1992}}: 177, 208. Autopsied by TIR in September 2014. | |||
Image in {{bib|Schumacher 2004}}: Taf. 3,1 (drawing = {{bib|LIR}}). | |||
Length of the remains 3.2 cm. The reading is unambiguous despite the condition of the object. The piece of bone is broken to the right of {{c||M}}; but an oblique hasta is clearly visible beside the irregular breaking edge – the reading {{c||U2}} is based on comparison with [[index::VN-3]]. The lines of {{c||M}} are multiply scratched. The object has recently broken into three pieces in storage (it was still seen as a whole by {{bib|Schumacher 1992|Schumacher}}); one of the new breaking edges coincides with the hasta of {{c||E}}, the second cuts horizontally through {{c||E}} and {{c||P2}}. The inscription may have gone on after {{c||P2}}, the old break having occurred immediately after the letter. It is, however, too much inclined to indicate a hasta. Cp. the probably identical inscription [[index::VN-3]]. | |||
{{bibliography}} | {{bibliography}} | ||
Latest revision as of 21:02, 8 November 2021
| Inscription | |
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| Transliteration: | ụ]mep[ |
| Original script: | ]   [
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| Object: | VN-2 bone (bone) |
| Position: | front |
| Script: | North Italic script |
| Direction of writing: | sinistroverse |
| Letter height: | 1.2 cm |
| Number of letters: | 4 |
| Number of lines: | 1 |
| Craftsmanship: | engraved |
| Current condition: | damaged, fragmentary |
| Date of inscription: | 3rd–1st centuries BC [from object] |
| Date derived from: | archaeological context [from object] |
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| Language: | unknown |
| Meaning: | unknown |
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| Alternative sigla: | LIR BZ-23 MLR 246 TM 218520 |
| Sources: | Schumacher 2004: 177, 208 |
Images
Commentary
First published in Schumacher 1992: 177, 208. Autopsied by TIR in September 2014.
Image in Schumacher 2004: Taf. 3,1 (drawing = LIR).
Length of the remains 3.2 cm. The reading is unambiguous despite the condition of the object. The piece of bone is broken to the right of ; but an oblique hasta is clearly visible beside the irregular breaking edge – the reading is based on comparison with VN-3. The lines of are multiply scratched. The object has recently broken into three pieces in storage (it was still seen as a whole by Schumacher); one of the new breaking edges coincides with the hasta of , the second cuts horizontally through and . The inscription may have gone on after , the old break having occurred immediately after the letter. It is, however, too much inclined to indicate a hasta. Cp. the probably identical inscription VN-3.
Bibliography
| 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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