SR-5

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Inscription
Transliteration:	φ̣]rimapiθamn[ụ
Original script:	[
Variant Reading:	φ̣]rima piθamn[ạ [
Object:	SR-5 antler (antler)
Position:	front
Script:	North Italic script (Magrè alphabet)
Direction of writing:	sinistroverse
Letter height:	1.11.1 cm <br /> – 1.6 cm
Number of letters:	12
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	engraved
Current condition:	damaged, complete
Date of inscription:	3rd century BC [from object]
Date derived from:	archaeological context [from object]
Language:	Raetic
Meaning:	'Φrima, son/daughter of Piθam(n)e'
Alternative sigla:	IR 87 LIR SE-8
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 157, 338

Images

Object SR-5 antler with inscription SR-5.

Object SR-5 antler with inscription SR-5 - rear side.

Object SR-5 antler with inscription SR-5 - line 1.

Inscription SR-5 - line 2.

Commentary

First published in Pellegrini & Sebesta 1965: 12 f. (no. 5). Autopsied by TIR in November 2014.

Images in Pellegrini & Sebesta 1965: 12 (drawing) and fig. 8 (photo), IR (drawing = LIR), LIR (photo).

Length of the remains about 10.5 cm. The scratches are deep and broad and very clearly legible. The letter preceding is almost certainly : The breaking edge, along which the edges of lines can be seen, runs in a tidy angle. Cp. SZ-2. The reading of the sixth letter as Pi is backed by the excellent documentation of the individual name piθam(n)e. The letter after might be or ; the latter option is more likely, as no trace of the tip of a bar can be made out. See ??? for a discussion on whether the use of -nu vs. -na indicates gender. It is probable that the inscription as given above is complete.

Below , a sequence is inscribed in the same manner as the inscription proper; the two Sigmas being opposed, it is symmetrical and most certainly non-script. The same goes for the scratches on the back of the object: A sequence ] or similar, length 1.8 cm, damaged along the middle by a broad crack, is applied with a different instrument; also non-script.

Further references: Pellegrini & Sebesta 1965: 20 f., Mayr 1965, Tibiletti Bruno 1978: 235 f.

Bibliography

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)