SZ-20

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Inscription
Transliteration:	χ
Original script:
Object:	SZ-20 bronze (bronze) (Inscriptions: SZ-20, SZ-21)
Position:	front
Script:	unknown
Direction of writing:	ambiguous
Letter height:	0.7 cm
Number of characters:	1
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	embossed
Current condition:	complete
Date of inscription:	5th–1st centuries BC [from object]
Date derived from:	cultural context [from object]
Language:	unknown
Meaning:	unknown
Alternative sigla:	PID 201 LIR SA-17 MLR 193 TM 218390
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 137

Commentary

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

A single sign on the animal's chest. Probably non-script: Compare other bronzes from Sanzeno with similar signs accompanying the inscriptions.

Further references: NRIE 97, Battisti 1944: 230.

Bibliography

Battisti 1944	Carlo Battisti, "Osservazioni sulla lingua delle iscrizioni nell'alfabeto etrusco settentrionale di Bolzano", Studi Etruschi 18 (1944), 199–236.
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)