HU-4.2

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Inscription
Transliteration:	$
Original script:
Object:	HU-4 rod (bronze) (Inscriptions: HU-4.1, HU-4.2, HU-4.3)
Position:	back, 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:	unknown
Direction of writing:	ambiguous
Letter height:	0.8 cm
Number of characters:	1
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	embossed
Current condition:	complete
Date of inscription:
Date derived from:
Language:	unknown
Meaning:	unknown
Alternative sigla:	IR 71 (B a) LIR INC-3 (b a) MLR 303 (V)
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 197 f.

Images

Objects HU-4 rod (from top to bottom: fragment 3, fragment 1, fragment 2) with inscriptions HU-4.1 and HU-4.2.

Inscription HU-4.2.

Commentary

First published in IR. Autopsied by TIR in October 2014.

Images in IR (drawing = LIR), MLR (photo).

On the shorter fragment, in the centre of the preserved section lengthwise, close to the edge. Probably intended as a symbol "a caporale", although the lines on either side are not parallel.

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)