SZ-96

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Inscription
Transliteration:	venaθ
Original script:
Variant Reading:	vena?
Object:	SZ-96 rod (bronze)
Position:	front
Script:	North Italic script
Direction of writing:	sinistroverse
Letter height:	1.7 cm
Number of letters:	5
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	embossed
Current condition:	complete
Archaeological culture:	Late Iron Age [from object]
Date of inscription:	5th–1st centuries BC [from object]
Date derived from:	archaeological context [from object]
Language:	unknown
Meaning:	unknown
Alternative sigla:	MLR 141

Commentary

First published in MLR. Autopsied by TIR on 20^th November 2015.

Image in MLR (photo).

Length 3.4 cm – the inscription takes up the entire (inscribable) space on the object. The letters are clearly legible and unambiguous. A small corroded hole situated centrally between and might qualify as a punctuation mark, but may as well be coincidental. Syllabic punctuation is not known elsewhere in Sanzeno context. The sequence is obscure. vena can be read as an individual name, if final is interpreted as a delimiter or other independent character. Cp. NO-7; see Script.