AS-2
| Inscription | |
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| Transliteration: | ? iθθi |
| Original script: |   ?
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| Object: | AS-2 potsherd (pottery) |
| Position: | unknown |
| Script: | unknown |
| Direction of writing: | ambiguous |
| Number of characters: | 4 |
| Number of lines: | 1 |
| Craftsmanship: | incised |
| Current condition: | unknown |
| Date of inscription: | 4th–2nd centuries BC [from object] |
| Date derived from: | archaeological context [from object] |
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| Language: | unknown |
| Meaning: | unknown |
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| Alternative sigla: | PID 217 LIR ROT-1 |
| Sources: | Schumacher 2004: 167 |
Images
 Inscription AS-2 according to Oberziner.
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 Inscription AS-2 according to Molon.
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 Inscription AS-2 according to Nalli.
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Commentary
First published in Molon 1881: 150. Lost.
Images in Fiorelli 1881: 154 (drawing), Oberziner 1883b: 163 (drawing = AIF I: Taf. II, 31), Nalli 1895: 258 (drawing).
Fiorelli's drawing presents abstract letters rather than a facsimile, and Oberziner's is simply a copy of Fiorelli's; Nalli's drawing appears to be the most authentic one available. The sequence on the left can be identified as the sequence , which reoccurs on ceramic cups from Bostel. The longer sequence on the right may represent an inscription with linguistic content, cp. esp. AS-15. As Whatmough points out, a reading Iota instead of C is likely in both instances of an apparently curved line, as in . Apart from that, we prefer not to speculate based on the dubious drawing.
Further references: Fiorelli 1881: 154 f., AIF I: no. 31, Pellegrini 1915: 121 ff., Tibiletti Bruno 1978: 236.
Bibliography
| AIF I | Carl Pauli, Altitalische Forschungen. Band 1: Die Inschriften nordetruskischen Alphabets, Leipzig: 1885. |
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| Fiorelli 1881 | Giuseppe Fiorelli, "VII. Rotzo", Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità (1881), 154–155. |
| 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) |
