VN-5.2
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Transliteration: | ? |
Original script: | ? |
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Object: | VN-5 bone (bone) (Inscriptions: VN-5.1, VN-5.2) |
Position: | back, left-hand side"left-hand side" is not in the list (front, back, top, bottom, inside, outside, neck, shoulder, foot, handle, ...) of allowed values for the "position" property. |
Script: | unknown |
Direction of writing: | unknown |
Craftsmanship: | engraved |
Current condition: | complete |
Date of inscription: | 3rd–1st centuries BC [from object] |
Date derived from: | archaeological context [from object] |
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Language: | unknown |
Meaning: | unknown |
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Alternative sigla: | LIR BZ-26.2 |
Sources: | Schumacher 2004: 321 |
Images
Inscription VN-5.2.
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Commentary
First published in Schumacher 1994: 309 f.
Picture in Schumacher 1994: Ab. 1 (drawing = Schumacher 2004: Taf. 12,1 = LIR).
A group of slight scratches right next to the hole drilled into the left end of the bone, max. height 1.9 cm. The most suggestive part is a long line made up of about five short scratches, followed by a zig-zag, suggesting . There is another "bar" extending from the bottom of the longer line in the other direction; to the right, a profusion of tiny scratches defies an interpretable arrangement. Most probably non-script; possibly pseudo-script. See here for a discussion of possible interpretations of inscriptions with doubtful status.
Bibliography
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) |
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