SZ-53

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Inscription
Transliteration:	§
Original script:	?
Object:	SZ-53 handle (bronze)
Position:	handle
Script:	none
Direction of writing:	unknown
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	embossed
Current condition:	complete
Date of inscription:	5th–1st centuries BC [from object]
Date derived from:	archaeological context [from object]
Language:	none
Meaning:	unknown
Alternative sigla:	IR 52 LIR SA-93
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 144

Images

Object SZ-53 handle with inscription SZ-53.

Commentary

First published in Pellegrini 1951: 316 (no. 17). Autopsied by TIR in October 2014.

Images in Pellegrini 1951: 313 (no. 17) (drawing), IR (photo tav. XLIV,c (above) and drawing) = LIR).

Length 3.5 cm, well visible despite corrosion. As already pointed out by Pellegrini, the strokes are ornamental. At most, a factory mark.

Bibliography

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)