SZ-75

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Inscription
Transliteration:	ḳụ
Original script:
Object:	SZ-75 handle (bronze)
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., handle, outside
Script:	unknown
Direction of writing:	sinistroverse
Letter height:	0.6 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-36 TM 653575

Commentary

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

Picture in LIR (drawing).

Heavily corroded, practically not legible. Reading based on Mancini, who saw (ai)ku or (ai)tu in the early 1970ies. He also mentions two oblique, parallel strokes on the inside of the handle, which are more easily discernible, but probably unintentional. If indeed ku, compare SZ-65 simpulum.

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)