IT-2
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| Transliteration: | χaisurus |
| Original script: |       
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| Object: | IT-2 potsherd (pottery) |
| Position: | outside, side"side" is not in the list (front, back, top, bottom, inside, outside, neck, shoulder, foot, handle, ...) of allowed values for the "position" property. |
| Script: | North Italic script (Magrè alphabet) |
| Direction of writing: | sinistroverse |
| Letter height: | 1.3 cm – 2.4 cm |
| Number of letters: | 8 |
| Number of lines: | 1 |
| Craftsmanship: | engraved |
| Current condition: | complete, restored |
| Archaeological culture: | La Tène C, La Tène D [from object] |
| Date of inscription: | |
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| Language: | Raetic |
| Meaning: | 'of Gaisuru' |
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| Alternative sigla: | IR 105 LIR VOL-2 MLR 295 |
| Sources: | Schumacher 2004: 190 |
Images
 Inscription IT-2.
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 Object IT-2 potsherd with inscription IT-2.
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 Object IT-2 potsherd with inscription IT-2.
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Commentary
First published in Kasseroler 1957: 102 (M 620). Autopsied by TIR in November 2013.
Image in Kasseroler 1957: Taf. 42,2 (photo = Franz 1958c: Taf. 8) and IR (drawing = LIR), MLR (photo = Franz 1958c photo).
Length 4.7 cm. Franz 1958c: 68 and Kasseroler 1957: 80 read the inscription dextroversely, as seen when the bowl was stood on the shelf upside-down, assuming that the lowest decorative line was used as a reference line. Epigraphically, a sinistroverse reading with the bowl standing upright is preferable: While is written upside-down, is upright, and appears in its inverted form typical for Venetic and the Raetic North – also the arrangement of the individual scratches (in and particularly , and ), pace Franz, suggests that the bowl was inscribed this way. Probably an owner's inscription.
Bibliography
| Franz 1958c | Leonhard Franz, "Zwei Inschriften vom "Himmelreich"", in: Konrad Fichtl (Ed.), Wattner Buch [= Schlern-Schriften 165], Innsbruck: 1958, 67–68. |
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| IR | Alberto Mancini, "Iscrizioni retiche", Studi Etruschi 43 (1975), 249–306. |
| Kasseroler 1957 | Alfons Kasseroler, Die vorgeschichtliche Niederlassung auf dem „Himmelreich“ bei Wattens [= Schlern-Schriften 166], Innsbruck: Wagner 1957. |
| 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) |
