BZ-13

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Inscription
Transliteration:	]ẹṣil[
Original script:	][
Object:	BZ-13 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:	1.5 cm
Number of letters:	4
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	incised
Current condition:	fragmentary
Date of inscription:	3rd–2nd centuries BC [from object]
Date derived from:	typology [from object]
Language:	unknown
Meaning:	unknown
Alternative sigla:	LIR BZ-16 MLR 286
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 182, 211

Commentary

First published in Schumacher 2004. Non vidi.

Images in Schumacher 2004: Taf. 3,4 (drawing), LIR (drawing), MLR: (drawing = Schumacher 2004: Taf. 3,4).

Length of the remains 3.2 cm. Of , only the bars are visible; the lowest bar of is missing. Although more potsherds bearing non-script marks were found in this context, the inscription does appear to contain proper letters. Possibly the ending of an individual name in the pertinentive plus the first letter of the patronymic, but note that plain pottery does not usually bear name formulas in Raetic context.

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)