BZ-14

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Inscription
Transliteration:	ruśie
Original script:
Object:	BZ-14 plaque (bronze)
Position:	outside
Script:	North Italic script (Sanzeno alphabet)
Direction of writing:	sinistroverse
Letter height:	1.8 cm
Number of letters:	5
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	engraved
Current condition:	complete
Date of inscription:
Date derived from:
Language:	Raetic
Meaning:	'Ruśie' (PN)
Alternative sigla:	IR 78 LIR BZ-6 MLR 2
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 182

Images

Object BZ-14 plaque with inscription BZ-14.

Commentary

First published in Mayr 1947.

Images in Mayr 1960d: Abb. 1 (photo), IR (photo tav. LIII b and drawing = LIR), MLR (photo and transcription of the inscription).

Length 2.5 cm. Each line is executed with numerous thin little scratches, but apart from the hasta of , the inscription is very tidy; the reading is unambiguous. A crack opening at the bottom follows the lower bar of . ruśie is most easily interpreted as a Raetic individual name in the nominative case with the typical auslaut in -ie.

Further references: Franz 1957: 105 f., Mayr 1960d (I), Tibiletti Bruno 1978: 226.

Bibliography

Franz 1957	Leonhard Franz, "Südtiroler Reitia-Inschriften", Der Schlern 31 (1957), 105–109.
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)
Mayr 1947	Karl M. Mayr, "Vorrömische Inschrift vom Putzer-Gschleier in Eppan", Der Schlern 21 (1947), 267.