SZ-5.2

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Inscription
Transliteration:	$
Original script:
Object:	SZ-4 bronze (bronze) (Inscriptions: SZ-4.1, SZ-4.2)
Position:	back
Script:	unknown
Direction of writing:	ambiguous
Letter height:	1.1 cm
Number of characters:	1
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	embossed
Current condition:	complete
Date of inscription:
Date derived from:
Language:	unknown
Meaning:	unknown
Alternative sigla:	IR 18b LIR SA-7b
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 133

Images

Object SZ-5 bronze with inscription SZ-5.2 - rear side.

Commentary

First published in Pellegrini 1951: 310 f. (no. 5b). Autopsied by TIR in October 2014.

Images in Pellegrini 1951: no. 5b (photo) and 307 (5b) (drawing), IR (drawing).

On the back of the bronze, just above the stylized feet, covering the entire breadth of the object. Most probably a factory mark; possibly a number (pricemark?). Cp. the marks on many other bronzes from Sanzeno, esp. the identical SZ-4.2 on a very similar object.

Further references: Mayr 1952: 176 (5b), Vetter 1954: 71 (no. 5b), Mayr 1962: 222.

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)
Mayr 1952	Karl M. Mayr, "Zu den Inschriften der Votive von Sanzeno", Der Schlern 26 (1952), 175–177.