SZ-44.1

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Inscription
Transliteration:	uθiiθi
Original script:
Variant Reading:	§
Object:	SZ-44 scythe ring (iron) (Inscriptions: SZ-44.1, SZ-44.2)
Position:	outside
Script:	unknown
Direction of writing:	ambiguous
Letter height:	1.31.3 cm <br /> – 1.8 cm
Number of characters:	6
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	punch-marked"punch-marked" is not in the list (painted, cast, unknown, engraved, incised, incised before firing, embossed, impressed) of allowed values for the "craftsmanship" property.
Current condition:	complete, restored
Date of inscription:
Date derived from:
Language:	unknown
Meaning:
Alternative sigla:	IR 43 LIR SA-71 a
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 142

Commentary

First published in IR.
Pictures in Nothdurfter 1979: 100 (1075) (drawing), IR (photo tav. XLV, fig. c and drawing) = LIR (photo and drawing).
Compare SZ-45.1 / SZ-45.2 and SZ-46.1 / SZ-46.2, also on scythe rings, with uθiiθi on one and la on the other side. SZ-44.1 differs from these in that it is apparently dextroverse – compare also SZ-50 and SZ-51 –, and features an additional smaller stroke before and two little crosses inside the and in between the two , which have been ignored in the reading due to the abovementioned parallels.

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)