SZ-73.2

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Inscription
Transliteration:	?]esi
Original script:	[
Object:	SZ-73 helmet (iron) (Inscriptions: SZ-73.1, SZ-73.2)
Position:	back, left-hand side"left-hand side" is not in the list (front, back, top, bottom, inside, outside, neck, shoulder, foot, handle, ...) of allowed values for the "position" property., outside
Script:	North Italic script
Direction of writing:	sinistroverse
Letter height:	1.0 cm
Number of letters:	3
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	engraved
Current condition:	unknown
Archaeological culture:	La Tène B [from object]
Date of inscription:	4th–3rd centuries BC [from object]
Date derived from:	typology [from object]
Language:	unknown
Meaning:
Alternative sigla:	LIR SA-34 b
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 149, 336

Commentary

First published in Schumacher 1992.
Photos in Schaaff 1977: Tafel 61, Schumacher 2004: Taf. 1,2 and 1,3 (drawings) and LIR (drawings).
On the neck-guard. In contrast to SZ-73.1, this inscription is engraved. The three letters are faint, but unambiguous. The helmet seems to have been mended, the piece bearing the letters being reattached. The different condition of the material hinders the examination of potential traces of signs before (see drawing).

Bibliography

Egg 1980	Markus Egg, "Ein weiterer Negauer Helm aus Sanzeno", Studi Trentini di Scienze Storiche – Sezione Seconda – Rivista della <<Società di Studi Trentini di Scienze Storiche>> LIX (N. 1) (1980), 29–45.
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)