BZ-16

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Inscription
Transliteration:	avvi
Original script:
Variant Reading:	§
Object:	BZ-16 chisel (iron)
Position:	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:	unknown
Direction of writing:	sinistroverse
Letter height:	0.30.3 cm <br /> – 0.5 cm
Number of characters:	4
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	embossed
Current condition:	damaged, restored
Date of inscription:
Date derived from:
Language:	unknown
Meaning:
Alternative sigla:	LIR BZ-7
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 182, 211 f.

Commentary

First published in Pallua 1970: 43.

Pictures in Pallua 1970: 43, Abb. 9, Schumacher 2004: Taf. 4,2 (drawing) and LIR (drawing).

Near the wheel head, about 2.9 cm long. Possibly damaged at the top due to corrosion. If interpreted as script, the presence of implies a sinistroverse reading. Schumacher and Mancini also consider a reading aeei or avei, but no additional twigs can be made out. Mancini's argument concerning the relative distance between the twigs of the second and third sign is hardly decisive for signs this small. Non-script or pseudo-script cannot be excluded.

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)