MA-24

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Inscription
Transliteration:	]ś
Original script:	[
Object:	MA-24 ingot (lead)
Position:	front
Script:	unknown
Direction of writing:	unknown
Letter height:	3.5 cm
Number of characters:	2
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	engraved
Current condition:	fragmentary
Date of inscription:	3rd–2nd centuries BC [from object]
Date derived from:	archaeological context [from object]
Language:	unknown
Meaning:	unknown
Alternative sigla:	LIR MA-22 a MLR 46
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 166

Commentary

First published in Pellegrini 1918: 174.

Images in Pellegrini 1918: 174 (fig. 6), LIR (photo and drawing).

A shape like a squat with the tip of the angle touching the bottom of the line. To its right, an angle can be seen next to the abraded breaking edge (?) – conceivably or, in line with Raetic writing, , but both characters are unlikely to be letters. As observed by Mancini (LIR MA-22 b), the second piece of lead found at Magrè, also mentioned by Pellegrini, bears a mark in the shape of . The two pieces and hence marks do not belong together.

Further references: PID Vol. II: 48 (note X).

Bibliography

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)