AK-1.6

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Inscription
Transliteration:	]ṣịeṣ[????]ale
Original script:	A19 s[][
Object:	AK-1 rock (stone) (Inscriptions: AK-1.1, AK-1.2, AK-1.3, AK-1.4, AK-1.5, AK-1.6, AK-1.7, AK-1.8, AK-1.9, AK-1.10, AK-1.11, AK-1.12, AK-1.13, AK-1.14, AK-1.15, AK-1.16, AK-1.17, AK-1.18, AK-1.19, AK-1.20, AK-1.21)
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., lower area"lower area" is not in the list (front, back, top, bottom, inside, outside, neck, shoulder, foot, handle, ...) of allowed values for the "position" property.
Orientation:	90°
Frame:	?   (none, top and bottom, unknown)
Script:	North Italic script
Direction of writing:	sinistroverse
Number of letters:	11
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	engraved
Current condition:	damaged
Date of inscription:	unknown [from object]
Date derived from:
Language:	Raetic
Meaning:	'of/by X son of Es...' (?)
Alternative sigla:	none

Images

Inscription AK-1.6.

Object AK-1 rock - picture area 3 with inscriptions AK-1.21, AK-1.6, AK-1.7 and AK-1.8.

Tracing of inscriptions on AK-1 rock.

Inscriptions AK-1.21, AK-1.6, AK-1.7 and AK-1.8 - picture area 3.

Inscription AK-1.6.

Commentary

Unpublished. Autopsied by TIR in July 2014.

Picture in Mandl 2011: Abb. 139 (photo). Photo of the entire rock wall in Mandl 2011: Abb. 136.

Length from to ??? cm. Running vertically downwards slightly to the left of the centre of the rock wall, ending at about ??? cm from the ground. The leftmost of a group of two (Bildstelle 3, incl. AK-1.7). The area above the inscription is covered in moss; it cannot be ascertained how far inscription and frame lines extend towards the top. The left and more distinct one does, however, seem to start above of the first .

is the first recognisable letter – though eroded, the zig-zag line seems unmistakable. Between it and , the trace of a hasta, with no traces of bars and hardly more space for anything other than . The second more doubtful than the first one, then a lacuna with only faint traces visible here and there. After ??? cm fairly well legible A19 s, followed by unambiguous . The frame lines seem to end there, no traces of characters are visible below.

Although not much is left of the inscription, the remains strongly suggest a Raetic name formula as attested in ST-1–ST-3 and possibly elsewhere on this rock: an individual name in the pertinentive -si with the name itself (plus frame line) destroyed, followed by a patronymic in -nu-ale, of which the first two letters are legible. While we cannot assume to know all Raetic names, a possible candidate here is esimne (also occurring on ST-3), with (i.e. esimnuale) fitting the lacuna beautifully. Compare also tentative estanuale on ST-6.

Bibliography

Mandl 2011	Franz Mandl, Felsbilder. Österreich – Bayern: Nördliche Kalkalpen [= Anisa – Verein für alpine Forschung 4], Haus im Ennstal: 2011.