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== Commentary == | == Commentary == | ||
First published in {{bib|Marinetti | First published in {{bib|Marinetti 2003}}: 112 (no. 3). Autopsied by TIR on 17<sup>th</sup> November 2015. | ||
Images in {{bib|Marinetti 2004}}: fig. 2,3 | Images in {{bib|Marinetti 2003}}: fig. 1.3 (drawing) (= {{bib|Marinetti 2004}}: fig. 2,3), {{bib|MLR}} (photo). | ||
Length 1.8 cm. Well legible; the letters Lambda and Pi are unambiguous. The two hastae of alleged Alpha do not meet, but Alpha is more likely than {{c||Θ}}{{c||I}}. Marchesini includes three small notches at the bottom of the line, regarding the rightmost one as the bar of a letter {{c||A22}}, hence her reading {{w||iạ(pr)}}. The other two notches align with the hastae of Lambda and Pi. All three notches appear to be scratched from the bottom upwards, their function is unclear. Note, however, the frequent appearance of {{c||A22}} (rather than forms with oblique bars) in inscriptions from [[index::San Giorgio di Valpolicella]]. | Length 1.8 cm. Well legible; the letters Lambda and Pi are unambiguous. The two hastae of alleged Alpha do not meet, but Alpha is more likely than {{c||Θ}}{{c||I}}. Marchesini includes three small notches at the bottom of the line, regarding the rightmost one as the bar of a letter {{c||A22}}, hence her reading {{w||iạ(pr)}}. The other two notches align with the hastae of Lambda and Pi. All three notches appear to be scratched from the bottom upwards, their function is unclear. Note, however, the frequent appearance of {{c||A22}} (rather than forms with oblique bars) in inscriptions from [[index::San Giorgio di Valpolicella]]. | ||
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Revision as of 09:32, 28 January 2016
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| Transliteration: | ạlp |
| Original script: |   
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| Object: | VR-12 bone (bone) |
| Position: | front |
| Script: | North Italic script (Magrè alphabet) |
| Direction of writing: | sinistroverse |
| Letter height: | 1.31.3 cm <br /> – 1.6 cm |
| Number of letters: | 3 |
| Number of lines: | 1 |
| Craftsmanship: | engraved |
| Current condition: | complete |
| Date of inscription: | end of the 2nd–beginning of the 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: | MLR 121 |
Commentary
First published in Marinetti 2003: 112 (no. 3). Autopsied by TIR on 17th November 2015.
Images in Marinetti 2003: fig. 1.3 (drawing) (= Marinetti 2004: fig. 2,3), MLR (photo).
Length 1.8 cm. Well legible; the letters Lambda and Pi are unambiguous. The two hastae of alleged Alpha do not meet, but Alpha is more likely than 
. Marchesini includes three small notches at the bottom of the line, regarding the rightmost one as the bar of a letter 
, hence her reading iạ(pr). The other two notches align with the hastae of Lambda and Pi. All three notches appear to be scratched from the bottom upwards, their function is unclear. Note, however, the frequent appearance of (rather than forms with oblique bars) in inscriptions from San Giorgio di Valpolicella.
Bibliography
| Marinetti 2003 | Anna Marinetti, "Iscrizioni retiche di San Giorgio Valpolicella (VR)", Quaderni di Archeologia del Veneto (QdAV) IXX (2003), 111–117. |
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| Marinetti 2004 | Anna Marinetti, "Nuove iscrizioni retiche dall'area veronese", Studi Etruschi 70 (2004), 408–420. |
