SZ-54

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Inscription
Transliteration:	iiiiiịθ̣a
Original script:
Object:	SZ-54 bowl (pottery)
Position:	outside
Orientation:	180°
Script:	unknown
Direction of writing:	ambiguous
Letter height:	0.50.5 cm <br /> – 1.8 cm
Number of characters:	7
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	incised
Current condition:	complete
Date of inscription:	3rd–2nd centuries BC [from object]
Date derived from:	typology [from object]
Language:	unknown
Meaning:	unknown
Alternative sigla:	IR 53 LIR SA-79 MLR 208
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 144

Commentary

First published in IR. Autopsied by TIR in November 2013.

Pictures in IR (photo tav. XLVII, fig. c and drawing = LIR), MLR (photo).

Length 3 cm. The reading ignores three probably unintentional scratches, because a very similar row of characters can be found in the same place on another Sanzeno bowl. Again, the scratches transcribed as are shorter than the two letters. The sixth stroke is inscribed into , giving the symbol .

Illegible scratchings in three more places on the bottom of the bowl: pictures in IR (photos tav. XLVII, fig. a, b and drawings = LIR).

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)