SZ-50

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Inscription
Transliteration:	uθiiθi
Original script:
Variant Reading:	§
Object:	SZ-50 chisel (iron)
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:	unknown
Direction of writing:	ambiguous
Letter height:	0.5 cm
Number of characters:	6
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, damaged, restored
Date of inscription:
Date derived from:
Language:	unknown
Meaning:
Alternative sigla:	IR 49 LIR SA-74
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 143 f.

Images

Object SZ-50 chisel with inscription SZ-50.

Commentary

First published in Franz 1959: 229 (A 5).
Pictures in Nothdurfter 1979: 100 (155) (drawing), LIR (photo and drawing) = IR (drawing).
The left half of the second is hardly distinguishable due to corrosion and not filled with white inlay. Compare the same row of signs on scythe rings (SZ-44.1 – also dextroverse –, SZ-45.1, SZ-46.1 and possibly SZ-47) and probably a knife (also dextroverse).

Bibliography

Franz 1959	Leonhard Franz, "Rätische Inschriften im Innsbrucker Landesmuseum", Der Schlern 33 (1959), 228–229.
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)