BZ-22

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Inscription
Transliteration:	?]θ[
Original script:	][
Object:	BZ-22 potsherd (pottery)
Position:	outside
Script:	unknown
Direction of writing:	ambiguous
Number of characters:	2
Craftsmanship:	incised before firing
Current condition:	damaged, incomplete
Archaeological culture:	La Tène A [from object]
Date of inscription:	middle of the 5th–4th centuries BC [from object]
Date derived from:	archaeological context, typology [from object]
Language:	unknown
Meaning:	unknown
Alternative sigla:	none

Commentary

First published in Kaltenhauser 1966: 143 (no. 310). Autopsied by TIR in July 2014.

Picture in Kaltenhauser 1966: Taf. 37, Fig. 6 (drawing).

Listed as HU-2 in Schumacher's corpus.

The St. Andrew's cross is clearly discernible, the remains of a scratch are visible next to it. See here for a discussion of possible interpretations of inscriptions with doubtful status.

Bibliography

Kaltenhauser 1966	Gerard Kaltenhauser, Die vor- und frühgeschichtlichen Altertümer von St. Hippolyt bei Tisens, Innsbruck: 1966. (2 volumes: text volume and volume of plates; unpublished doctoral research study)