AS-17.2

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Inscription
Transliteration:	eṣịp[ạ?ḳẹ]θanava
Original script:	[?]
Object:	AS-17 potsherd (pottery) (Inscriptions: AS-17.1, AS-17.2)
Position:	bottom
Orientation:	180°
Script:	North Italic script
Direction of writing:	dextroverse
Letter height:	1.51.5 cm <br /> 1.5 cm <br />
Number of letters:	14
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	incised
Current condition:	damaged
Date of inscription:	end of the 4th-3rd centuries BC [from object]
Date derived from:	archaeological context [from object]
Language:	unknown
Meaning:	unknown
Alternative sigla:	MLR 100 b TM 653521

Commentary

First published in MLR. Autopsied by TIR on 14^th October 2015.

Image in MLR (photos and drawing).

Inscribed on the bottom of the beaker, the tops of the letters pointing towards the foot; length about 12.5 cm. The characters extend over the entire breadth of the bottom. The surface is much damaged, making the reading of many letters doubtful; the middle bit is all but gone. Initial is clear, as is a little further on; between them and after Pi can be distuinguished with appropriate lighting. The reading is supported by the occurrence of the same sequence in the beginning of AS-17.1. After Alpha, there is room for one letter of which nothing is left; after that, possibly . The rest of the inscription is comparatively clear.

The sequence is obscure. It resembles AS-17.1, including the ending in -va, but no segmentation can be made at this point.