SZ-94

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Inscription
Transliteration:	veþa
Original script:
Variant Reading:	vepa
Object:	SZ-94 bone (bone)
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.
Script:	North Italic script
Direction of writing:	dextroverse
Letter height:	1.3 cm
Number of letters:	4
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	engraved
Current condition:	complete
Date of inscription:	5th–1st centuries BC [from object]
Date derived from:	archaeological context [from object]
Language:	unknown
Meaning:	unknown
Alternative sigla:	MLR 163

Images

Object SZ-94 bone with inscription SZ-94.

Commentary

Not previously published. Autopsied by TIR in October 2014.

Length 2.6 cm, well legible despite the surface damage. The lines are of unequal thickness. The third character consists in a hasta and a bar ; the short vertical line at the top, slightly to the left of the hasta, can be interpreted as part of the hasta (most of the longer lines in the inscription appear to be made up of multiple segments), or be combined with the bar to form a lopsided arrow tip. In either case, the form is obscure – possibly an individual name?