SZ-47

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Inscription
Transliteration:	iθiu
Original script:
Object:	SZ-47 scythe ring (iron)
Position:	outside
Script:	unknown
Direction of writing:	ambiguous
Letter height:	2 cm
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	embossed
Current condition:	damaged
Date of inscription:
Date derived from:
Language:	unknown
Meaning:	unknown
Alternative sigla:	IR 46 LIR SA-75
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 143

Commentary

First published in IR. Autopsied by TIR in 2013.

Pictures in Nothdurfter 1979: 100 (1077) (drawing), IR (drawing =LIR) and LIR (photo).

Inscription length 3.3 cm. Heavily corroded, only traces of characters are visible. The reading given follows Nothdurfter and Mancini. Possibly belonging with this group of inscriptions on Sanzeno scythe rings, although this object is bigger than the others, and no trace of la is visible on the inside. Compare maybe SZ-48. See here for a discussion of possible interpretations of inscriptions with doubtful status.

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)