SZ-77

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Inscription
Transliteration:	$aθ̣
Original script:
Variant Reading:	$aị
Object:	SZ-77 axe (iron)
Position:	back area"back area" is not in the list (front, back, top, bottom, inside, outside, neck, shoulder, foot, handle, ...) of allowed values for the "position" property., side"side" is not in the list (front, back, top, bottom, inside, outside, neck, shoulder, foot, handle, ...) of allowed values for the "position" property.
Script:	unknown
Direction of writing:	unknown
Letter height:	1.2 cm
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	embossed
Current condition:	complete, damaged
Date of inscription:
Date derived from:
Language:	unknown
Meaning:	unknown
Alternative sigla:	LIR SA-48 MLR 231

Images

Object SZ-77 axe with inscription SZ-77.

Commentary

First published in LIR. Autopsied by TIR in November 2013.

Pictures in Nothdurfter 1979: 101 (196) (drawing) and LIR (drawing).

Length about 3.4 cm. Mancini tentatively reads tai, but while is fairly obvious, the rightmost character is an asterisk, and the stroke to the left is short and oblique and maybe crossed by another one. See la for possible comparanda on axe heads and elsewhere.

Bibliography

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)