AS-12

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Inscription
Transliteration:	?
Original script:	?
Object:	AS-12 needle (bone)
Position:	unknown
Script:	unknown
Direction of writing:	unknown
Craftsmanship:	unknown
Current condition:	unknown
Date of inscription:	4th–2nd centuries BC [from object]
Date derived from:	archaeological context [from object]
Language:	unknown
Meaning:	unknown
Alternative sigla:	PID 219 (i) LIR ROT-15 MLR 107
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 169

Images

Inscription AS-12 according to Orsi.

Commentary

First published in Orsi 1890: 293. Lost.

Image in Orsi 1890: 293 (drawing = MLR).

In Orsi's drawing of the characters, an oblique line crosses them both. Whatmough reads θi, though φi (or indeed φt) as suggested by Schumacher is more likely, if the characters should be letters. Cp. AS-13 and the mark on AS-16 beaker.

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)