BZ-15

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Inscription
Transliteration:	i$r
Original script:
Object:	BZ-15 antler (antler)
Position:	upper area"upper area" 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:	dextroverse
Letter height:	0.70.7 cm <br /> – 2.3 cm
Number of characters:	3
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	engraved
Current condition:	complete
Date of inscription:
Date derived from:
Language:	unknown
Meaning:	unknown
Alternative sigla:	IR 79 LIR BZ-8 MLR 3
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 182

Commentary

First published in Franz 1957: 106–109. Autopsied by TIR in November 2013.

Pictures in Franz 1957: Abb. 1 (photo = Pallua 1970: 41, Abb. 6), LIR (drawing), MLR (photo).

Length 1.9 cm. Both the scratch closest to the tip of the horn and the triangle which might be read are connected to the two oblique strokes of in three of four places. Probably non-script or pseudo-script. Counted among the "Reitia-Inschriften" by Franz.

On the reverse side right before the breaking edge more scratches, probably of a zig-zag ornament (see drawing).

Further references: Pallua 1970: 41 f.

Bibliography

Franz 1957	Leonhard Franz, "Südtiroler Reitia-Inschriften", Der Schlern 31 (1957), 105–109.
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)