BZ-28

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Inscription
Transliteration:	]?aịṇ[
Original script:	]?[
Object:	BZ-28 fragment (bronze)
Position:	outside
Script:	North Italic script
Direction of writing:	sinistroverse
Letter height:	1.2 cm
Number of letters:	4
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	engraved
Current condition:	damaged, fragmentary, restored
Date of inscription:	2nd half of the 5th century–1st century BC [from object]
Date derived from:	typology [from object]
Language:	unknown
Meaning:	unknown
Alternative sigla:	none

Images

Object BZ-28 fragment with inscription BZ-28.

Commentary

Not previously published. Autopsied by TIR in November 2014.

Length of the remains about 3 cm. The inscription is included into the Raetic corpus for the only clearly legible letter , which appears in the same shape as in BZ-27. When it comes to the other lines, the reading is impeded not only by cracks and surface damage, but also by a sloppily applied white inlay. The leftmost character, whose hasta is clearly longer than the inlay suggests, may well be ; in this case, the single vertical stroke before it must be . To the right of , two strokes cut short in the bottom can be seen. See Non-script notational systems for information on the marks on those fragments of helmets from the find which have not been included.