BZ-23

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Inscription
Transliteration:	?(?)u
Original script:	or
Object:	BZ-23 potsherd (pottery)
Position:	foot, inside
Script:	unknown
Direction of writing:	ambiguous
Letter height:	1.11.1 cm <br /> – 1.2 cm
Number of characters:	2 – 3
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	incised
Current condition:	complete, restored
Archaeological culture:	Hallstatt D, La Tène A, La Tène B [from object]
Date of inscription:	end of the 6th–middle of the 3rd centuries BC [from object]
Date derived from:	archaeological context [from object]
Language:	unknown
Meaning:	unknown
Alternative sigla:	IR 69 LIR INC-1
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 197

Commentary

First published in Torggler-Wöß 1953b: 442. Autopsied by TIR in November 2013.

Pictures in Torggler-Wöß 1953b: 442, fig. 1 (drawing) and IR (photo tav. XLIX, fig. a and drawing = LIR).

Listed as HU-2 in Schumacher's corpus. Formerly HU-2 – the inscription was republished by Mancini as one of unknown provenance.

The scratches can be arranged to read ua or uiθ – the black inlay is misleading, as it does not fill the scratches completely. Probably non-script. 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)