SZ-73.1

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Inscription
Transliteration:	e??ṭ
Original script:	??
Object:	SZ-73 helmet (iron) (Inscriptions: SZ-73.1, SZ-73.2)
Position:	back, right-hand side"right-hand side" is not in the list (front, back, top, bottom, inside, outside, neck, shoulder, foot, handle, ...) of allowed values for the "position" property., outside
Script:	unknown
Direction of writing:	sinistroverse
Letter height:	1.0 cm
Number of letters:	4
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	embossed
Current condition:	damaged
Archaeological culture:	La Tène B [from object]
Date of inscription:	4th–3rd centuries BC [from object]
Date derived from:	typology [from object]
Language:	unknown
Meaning:
Alternative sigla:	LIR SA-34 a
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 149, 336

Commentary

First published in Schumacher 1992.
Pictures in Schaaff 1974 (s. Objekt)?, Schumacher 2004: Taf. 1,2 and 1,3 (drawings) and LIR (drawings).
Very faint traces on the neck-guard. is comparatively well legible. It is followed by the upper parts of probably two letters (see drawing), then what can only be the four tips of . The inscription may have been longer, but no further traces can be detected. The signs on the other side of the neck-guard are a discrete inscription.

Bibliography

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)