SR-10

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Inscription
Transliteration:	???????]ịal·
Original script:	[
Object:	SR-10 antler (antler)
Position:	front
Script:	North Italic script (Magrè alphabet)
Direction of writing:	sinistroverse
Letter height:	1.3 cm
Number of letters:	9
Number of characters:	10
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	engraved
Current condition:	damaged
Date of inscription:	3rd century BC [from object]
Date derived from:	archaeological context [from object]
Language:	unknown
Meaning:	unknown
Alternative sigla:	IR 92 LIR SE-10
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 159

Images

Object SR-10 antler with inscription SR-10.

Commentary

First published in Pellegrini & Sebesta 1965: 15 (no. 10). Autopsied by TIR in November 2014.

Images in Pellegrini & Sebesta 1965: 15 (drawing), IR (photo tav. LV a = LIR and drawing = LIR).

Length 6.6 cm. The object is broken into multiple fragments; the entire upper part of the inscription is missing apart from the last two letters. For the arrangement of the lower tips of the letters see the drawing. The rightmost trace is situated 1 cm from the drilled hole; it is probably part of the initial letter. The last letter is with inscribed punctuation – the punctuation mark, an evenly rounded dot situated under the bar of , is considered to be inscribed based on the comparison with word-final in SR-1 / SR-7, but cp. SR-8 with final with the punctuation mark following the letter. For the use of Venetic syllable punctuation in Raetic context see Script. Before , is unambiguous despite the missing upper half. The hasta immediately to its right is most likely judging by its small distance from . Before that, the angle is hardly or , as the right line is vertical. For , the scratch in the centre would be inexplicable. In either case, the small oblique scratch to the left of the angle would remain isolated. No further conjectures concerning the preceding letters seem possible.

Further references: Pellegrini & Sebesta 1965: 23 f.

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)