SZ-12

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Inscription
Transliteration:	?
Original script:	?
Object:	SZ-12 bronze (bronze)
Position:	front, centre"centre" is not in the list (front, back, top, bottom, inside, outside, neck, shoulder, foot, handle, ...) of allowed values for the "position" property., right area"right 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:	unknown
Direction of writing:	ambiguous
Letter height:	1.2 cm
Number of characters:	4
Craftsmanship:	embossed
Current condition:	complete
Date of inscription:
Date derived from:
Language:	unknown
Meaning:	unknown
Alternative sigla:	IR 25 LIR SA-15
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 135

Images

Object SZ-12 bronze with inscription SZ-12 - front side.

Commentary

First published in Mayr 1951: 133 (XII). Autopsied by TIR in October 2014.

Images in Mayr 1951: 133 (drawing), Pellegrini 1951: no. 12 (photo) and 313 (12) (drawing), LIR (photo and drawing = IR).

On the right horse's head, from right to left: four oblique lines, a hasta with two bars extending upwards on each side, and a smaller St. Andrew's cross. Right in the centre of the bronze, on the shared torso, a hash symbol. Clearly not script, possibly pseudo-script; see here for possible interpretations of dubious inscriptions.

Further references: Pellegrini 1951: 314 (no. 12), Mayr 1952: 176 (no. 12), Vetter 1954: 71 f.

Bibliography

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)
Mayr 1951	Karl M. Mayr, "Die Inschriften der Votive von Sanzeno (2)", Der Schlern 25 (1951), 30–32, 78–79, 133–135, 179–181.
Mayr 1952	Karl M. Mayr, "Zu den Inschriften der Votive von Sanzeno", Der Schlern 26 (1952), 175–177.