SZ-40

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Inscription
Transliteration:	]alu·[
Original script:	]
Object:	SZ-40 handle (bronze)
Position:	handle
Script:	North Italic script (Sanzeno alphabet)
Direction of writing:	sinistroverse
Letter height:	1 cm
Number of letters:	3
Number of characters:	4
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	embossed
Current condition:	fragmentary
Date of inscription:
Date derived from:
Language:	unknown
Meaning:	unknown
Alternative sigla:	IR 39 LIR SA-66
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 141

Images

Object SZ-40 handle with inscription SZ-40.

Commentary

First published in Pellegrini 1951: 316 (no. 16). Autopsied by TIR in October 2014.

Images in Pellegrini 1951: 313 (no. 16) (drawing), IR (photo tav. XLIV,c (below) and drawing = LIR).

Length of the remains 2.5 cm. is very well legible. The separator consists in either one or two short vertical strokes, the lower one being somewhat dubious. No interpretation can be offered.

Further references: Vetter 1954: 72 (no. 16).

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)