SZ-20

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Inscription
Transliteration:	χ
Original script:
Variant Reading:	§
Object:	SZ-20 statuette ()
Position:	front
Script:	unknown
Direction of writing:	ambiguous
Letter height:	0.7 cm
Number of characters:	1
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	punch-marked"punch-marked" is not in the list (painted, cast, unknown, engraved, incised, incised before firing, embossed, impressed) of allowed values for the "craftsmanship" property.
Current condition:	complete
Date of inscription:
Date derived from:
Type:	unknown
Language:	unknown
Meaning:	unknown
Alternative sigla:	PID 201 LIR SA-17
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 137

Commentary

First published in PID.
Further references: NRIE 97, Battisti 1944: 230.
A single sign on the animal's chest. Probably non-script: Compare other statuettes from Sanzeno with similar signs accompanying the inscriptions.

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)