SZ-37.1

From Thesaurus Inscriptionum Raeticarum
Revision as of 19:12, 13 December 2013 by Corinna Salomon (talk | contribs)
Jump to navigationJump to search
Inscription
Transliteration: riri
Original script: I sR sI sR s

Object: SZ-37 handle (bronze)
(Inscriptions: SZ-37.1, SZ-37.2)
Position: 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: North Italic script
Direction of writing: sinistroverse
Letter height: 0.8 cm
Number of letters: 4
Number of lines: 1
Craftsmanship: punch-marked"punch-marked" is not in the list (painted, cast, unknown, engraved, incised, incised before firing, embossed, impressed) of allowed values for the "craftsmanship" property.
Current condition: complete, restored
Date of inscription:
Date derived from:

Language: unknown
Meaning:

Alternative sigla: IR 36 a
LIR SA-67 a
Sources: Schumacher 2004: 140

Commentary

First published in IR.
Pictures in IR (photo tav. XLIV, fig. a and drawing) = LIR (photo and drawing).
The signs are unambiguous and still clearly visible. The writing direction is debatable, but a sinistroverse reading is more probable not only statistically, but also because inscriptions on this type of handle are generally written as seen from the internal side (compare SZ-35).
The object bears another, identical inscription.

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)