SZ-56

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Inscription
Transliteration:	iai
Original script:
Variant Reading:	§
Object:	SZ-56 bowl (pottery)
Position:	bottom, outside
Script:	unknown
Direction of writing:	ambiguous
Letter height:	1.0 cm – 1.4 cm
Number of letters:	3
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	engraved
Current condition:	complete
Date of inscription:	3rd–2nd centuries BC [from object]
Date derived from:	typology [from object]
Language:	unknown
Meaning:
Alternative sigla:	IR 55 LIR SA-47
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 145

Commentary

First published in IR.
Pictures in IR (drawing) and Mancini 2010 (photo and drawing).
Three ornamental crosses between the stricherl (compare SZ-28 bowl), scratched before burning - the cross is not part of the inscription.
Compare SZ-58 and probably SZ-60.1, also on Sanzeno bowls, with the same row of signs.

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)