TR-1.1

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Inscription
Transliteration:	esiau
Original script:
Object:	TR-1 bone (bone) (Inscriptions: TR-1.1, TR-1.2)
Position:	front, centre"centre" 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:	1.11.1 cm <br /> – 1.5 cm
Number of letters:	5
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	engraved
Current condition:	complete
Date of inscription:	end of the 2nd–beginning of the 1st centuries BC [from object]
Date derived from:	archaeological context [from object]
Language:	unknown
Meaning:	unknown
Alternative sigla:	MLR 281 R
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 320

Commentary

First published in Mancini 1995: 146 (a). Autopsied by TIR on 13^th October 2015.

Image in Mancini 1995: 146 (drawing = LIR = MLR.

Length 2.3 cm. The scratches are fine, but the characters are well legible. Mancini suggests a connection to final -au in Camunic and Camunoid inscriptions. Maybe a Raetic individual name?

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)
Mancini 1995	Alberto Mancini, "Nuove Iscrizioni Retiche", Quaderni del Dipartimento di Linguistica - Università di Firenze 6 (1995), 137–153.