AS-5

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Inscription
Transliteration:	?
Original script:	?
Object:	AS-5 potsherd (pottery)
Position:	unknown
Script:	unknown
Direction of writing:	unknown
Craftsmanship:	incised
Current condition:	unknown
Date of inscription:	4th–2nd centuries BC [from object]
Date derived from:	archaeological context [from object]
Language:	unknown
Meaning:	unknown
Alternative sigla:	PID 218 (iii) LIR ROT-8 MLR 112 TM 218502
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 168

Commentary

First published in Pellegrini 1915: 121. Lost.

According to Pellegrini, written "sul corpo" of the cup, and identical to the mark on a bone needle from Bostel (AS-12, with drawing) – hence Whatmough's reading θi. Cp. EX-95 and EX-96 for dubious scratchings on the walls of cups.

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)