SZ-39.2

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Inscription
Transliteration:	upi
Original script:
Object:	SZ-39 axe (iron) (Inscriptions: SZ-39.1, SZ-39.2)
Position:
Script:	unknown
Direction of writing:	sinistroverse
Letter height:	0.90.9 cm <br /> – 1.4 cm
Number of letters:	2
Number of characters:	3
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:	unknown
Meaning:	unknown
Alternative sigla:	IR 38 b LIR SA-64 b
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 141

Images

Inscription SZ-39.2.

Commentary

First published in IR. Autopsied by TIR in October 2014.

Images in Nothdurfter 1979: Abb. 23 (no. 180) (drawing), IR (drawing) = LIR.

Autopsy could only be conducted through the glass of the display case, with the side of the axe with SZ-39.2 on it facing backward. Length approx. 3.5 cm (measurements apud Mancini). Mancini read ali with inverted Alpha, but comparison with the inscription on the other side of the object suggests that the first character is with a smaller chevron inscribed into it, similar to the common symbol . The only difference between the two inscriptions on the object is the asterisk on SZ-39.1.

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)