SZ-43.1

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Inscription
Transliteration:	upi
Original script:
Object:	SZ-43 chisel (iron) (Inscriptions: SZ-43.1, SZ-43.2)
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:	ambiguous
Letter height:	1.0 cm
Number of letters:	3
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	embossed
Current condition:	complete, restored
Date of inscription:
Date derived from:
Language:	unknown
Meaning:	unknown
Alternative sigla:	IR 42 a LIR SA-57 a
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 142

Images

Inscription SZ-43.1.

Object SZ-43 chisel with inscriptions SZ-43.1 (left) and SZ-43.2 (right).

Commentary

First published in Franz 1959: 228 (2). Autopsied by TIR in November 2013.

Images in Nothdurfter 1979: 100 (209) (drawing) and IR (photo tav. XLV, fig. b and drawing = LIR).

Inscription length 2.4 cm. The object bears another, identical inscription on the opposite side.

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)