SZ-43.1

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Inscription
Transliteration:	uli
Original script:
Variant Reading:	upi
Object:	SZ-43 chisel (iron) (Inscriptions: SZ-43.1, SZ-43.2)
Position:	front, upper area"upper area" is not in the list (front, back, top, bottom, inside, outside, neck, shoulder, foot, handle, ...) of allowed values for the "position" property.
Script:	North Italic script
Direction of writing:	ambiguous
Letter height:	1.0 cm
Number of letters:	3
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	embossed
Current condition:	complete, restored
Date of inscription:
Date derived from:
Language:	unknown
Meaning:
Alternative sigla:	IR 42 a LIR SA-57 a
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 142

Images

Inscription SZ-43.1.

Object SZ-43 chisel with inscriptions SZ-43.1 (left) and SZ-43.2 (right).

Commentary

First published in Franz 1959: 228 (2).
Pictures in Nothdurfter 1979: 100 (209) (drawing), IR (photo tav. XLV, fig. b and drawing) = LIR (photo and drawing).
The object bears the same inscription twice – compare the inscriptions on SZ-82 chisel as well as on SZ-27 potsherd.

Bibliography

Franz 1959	Leonhard Franz, "Rätische Inschriften im Innsbrucker Landesmuseum", Der Schlern 33 (1959), 228–229.
IR	Alberto Mancini, "Iscrizioni retiche", Studi Etruschi 43 (1975), 249–306.
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)