BZ-29

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Inscription
Transliteration:	]n???[
Original script:	[???]
Object:	BZ-29 fragment (bronze)
Position:	outside
Script:	unknown
Direction of writing:	sinistroverse
Letter height:	1.8 cm
Number of characters:	4
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	engraved
Current condition:	damaged, fragmentary, restored
Date of inscription:	2nd half of the 5th century–1st century BC [from object]
Date derived from:	typology [from object]
Language:	unknown
Meaning:	unknown
Alternative sigla:	none

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Object BZ-29 fragment with inscription BZ-29.

Commentary

Not previously published. Autopsied by TIR in November 2014.

Length of the remains about 3 cm. The reading is impeded by surface damage and often doubtful white inlay. The rightmost character can be read , the lines following it (as traced with the paint) cannot be arranged into letters. On the very left, an oblique hasta with three bars (the lowest one possibly slighter than the others and not traced); the uppermost bar may reach the bottom of the line as the other two do. Possibly not script – cp. the marks on those fragments of helmets from the find which have not been included on Non-script notational systems.