SZ-37.1

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Inscription
Transliteration:	riri
Original script:
Object:	SZ-37 handle (bronze) (Inscriptions: SZ-37.1, SZ-37.2)
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:	sinistroverse
Letter height:	0.8 cm
Number of letters:	4
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	embossed
Current condition:	complete, restored
Date of inscription:
Date derived from:
Language:	unknown
Meaning:
Alternative sigla:	IR 36 a LIR SA-67 a
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 140

Commentary

First published in IR.
Pictures in IR (photo tav. XLIV, fig. a and drawing) = LIR (photo and drawing).
The signs are unambiguous and still clearly visible. The writing direction is debatable, but a sinistroverse reading is more probable not only statistically, but also because inscriptions on this type of handle are generally written as seen from the internal side (compare SZ-35).
The object bears another, identical inscription.

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)