IT-2

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Inscription
Transliteration:	χaisurus
Original script:
Object:	IT-2 potsherd (pottery)
Position:	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.
Script:	North Italic script
Direction of writing:	sinistroverse
Letter height:	1.3 cm – 2.4 cm
Number of letters:	8
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	engraved
Current condition:	complete, restored
Archaeological culture:	La Tène C, La Tène D [from object]
Date of inscription:
Date derived from:
Language:	Raetic
Meaning:	'of Gaisuru'
Alternative sigla:	IR 105 LIR VOL-2
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 190

Images

Inscription IT-2.

Object IT-2 potsherd with inscription IT-2.

Object IT-2 potsherd with inscription IT-2.

Commentary

First published in Kasseroler 1957: 102 (M 620). Autopsied by TIR in November 2013.

Picture in Kasseroler 1957: Taf. 42, Abb. 2 (photo) and IR (drawing = LIR).

Length 4.7 cm. Franz and Kasseroler 1957: 80 read the inscription dextroversely, as seen when the bowl was stood on the shelf upside-down. Epigraphically, a sinistroverse reading with the bowl standing upright is preferable: While is written upside-down, is upright, and appears in its inverted form typical for Venetic and the Raetic North – also the arrangement of the individual scratches (in and particularly , and ) suggests that the bowl was inscribed this way. Probably an owner's inscription.

Bibliography

Franz 1958c	Leonhard Franz, "Zwei Inschriften vom "Himmelreich"", in: Konrad Fichtl (Ed.), Wattner Buch [= Schlern-Schriften 165], Innsbruck: 1958, 67–68.
IR	Alberto Mancini, "Iscrizioni retiche", Studi Etruschi 43 (1975), 249–306.
Kasseroler 1957	Alfons Kasseroler, Die vorgeschichtliche Niederlassung auf dem „Himmelreich“ bei Wattens [= Schlern-Schriften 166], Innsbruck: Wagner 1957.
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)