NO-2

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Inscription
Transliteration:	pianusapau
Original script:
Object:	NO-2 sieve funnel ()
Position:	neck, upper area"upper area" is not in the list (front, back, top, bottom, inside, outside, neck, shoulder, foot, handle, ...) of allowed values for the "position" property., outside, side"side" is not in the list (front, back, top, bottom, inside, outside, neck, shoulder, foot, handle, ...) of allowed values for the "position" property.
Orientation:	0°
Script:	North Italic script
Direction of writing:	sinistroverse
Letter height:	0.9 cm – 1.4 cm
Number of letters:	10
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	engraved
Current condition:	complete, restored
Date of inscription:
Date derived from:
Language:	Raetic
Meaning:
Alternative sigla:	IR 75 LIR CL-2
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 150, 336 LIR: 150-151

Commentary

The inscription was first edited in Franz 1958b, where is also first mentioned the object itself. The inscription, about 8.5 cm long, is on the exterior face of the sieve funnel, under the rim. Due to the good condition of the inscription there is no doubt about the reading like Franz 1958b was given it as first. Only Mayr (Mayr 1960f:389) and in his succession Tibiletti Bruno (Tibiletti Bruno 1978: 221) had proposed an other reading (pianusapan). Mayr had supposed that the writer has forgotten the vertical hasta of the last N by accident.
In view of the inscription the doubt has come up about the authenticity. Schumacher supposes that the sieve is originally from the Roman period, but the inscription come from a later time as imitation in the style of SZ-16 and the here written inscription laθurus ipianus apanin (Schumacher 2004: 336).
Further references: Pictures in Mayr 1960f: 389 (drawing of the inscription), IR: 286 (drawing of the inscription) and LIR: 150-151 (photo of the object and drawing of the inscription).

Bibliography

Franz 1958b	Leonhard Franz, "Eine Inschrift aus Cles", Der Schlern 32 (1958), 39–40.
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)