NO-11

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Inscription
Transliteration:	lirikaniśnu
Original script:
Variant Reading:	pirikaniśnu
Object:	NO-11 bronze (bronze)
Position:	front
Script:	North Italic script
Direction of writing:	sinistroverse
Letter height:	1.11.1 cm <br /> – 1.5 cm
Number of letters:	11
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	embossed
Current condition:	complete, restored
Date of inscription:	end of the 5th century BC–around 400 BC [from object]
Date derived from:	archaeological context [from object]
Language:	Raetic
Meaning:	'Liri/Piri Kaniśnu' (proper name)
Alternative sigla:	PID 214 LIR DE-1
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 152

Images

Object NO-11 bronze with inscription NO-11.

Inscription NO-11.

Commentary

First published in Von Wieser 1883: 221. Autopsied by TIR in November 2013.

Pictures in Von Wieser 1883: 221, Fig. 75 (drawing), Oberziner 1883: Tav. II,9 (drawing), AIF I: Taf. II (35) (drawing), Schumacher 2004 (photo on cover) and LIR (photo and drawing).

Length 6.1 cm. The inscription is in excellent condition, the reading is unambiguous. Depending on whether the object was a votive offering or a profane ornamental appliqué, the personal name may be the donor's or the owner's.

Further references: Oberziner 1883: 191 f., AIF I 35, Battisti 1944: 234, Tibiletti Bruno 1978: 220.

Bibliography

AIF I	Carl Pauli, Altitalische Forschungen. Band 1: Die Inschriften nordetruskischen Alphabets, Leipzig: 1885.
Battisti 1944	Carlo Battisti, "Osservazioni sulla lingua delle iscrizioni nell'alfabeto etrusco settentrionale di Bolzano", Studi Etruschi 18 (1944), 199–236.
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)