IT-4

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Inscription
Transliteration:	riθiẹ[???]ịχ[???]ịle
Original script:	[][]
Variant Reading:	riθiẹ[???]ịχ[???]ịpe
Object:	IT-4 unknown ()
Position:	outside
Script:	North Italic script
Direction of writing:	sinistroverse
Letter height:	0.9 cm – 1.3 cm
Number of letters:	14 – 17
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	engraved
Current condition:	damaged, incomplete
Date of inscription:
Date derived from:
Language:	Raetic
Meaning:
Alternative sigla:	none
Sources:	[unpublished]

Images

Object IT-4 unidentifiable with inscription IT-4.

Object IT-4 unidentifiable with inscription IT-4 - underside.

Object IT-4 unidentifiable with inscription IT-4 - detail underside.

Commentary

The inscription is damaged by cracks (vertical after the first four signs and before the last three, horizontal along the upper part of the middle section) and abrasion - on the middle fragment, the lower parts of the signs are gone. Two lacunae after the cracks.
The signs on the first fragment are readable without difficulty: riθi. Partly damaged by the crack, the next letter could be (with unusual orientation) or with the third twig missing, which would yield riθie (compare ...). After the lacuna, the upper angle of an or , damaged by the horizontal crack, can be distinguished, followed by an oblique stroke, also damaged, slanting from left to right - possibly the upper third of an . The following stroke could then only be read as , since the next group of strokes can be identified with reasonable certainty as . Of the next two letters, though not spoilt by the crack, only angles are left, the first with two oblique strokes - probably as in case of a trace of the twig should be left -, the second with one straight and one curved line, which could be or, considering the preceding sign, more probably . Right before the second crack a hasta with the trace of one twig ( or ), then the second lacuna. On the next fragment a single stroke which can hardly be anything but , and finally undamaged . riθie?esigurvile