SZ-52

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Inscription
Transliteration:	iiiiiiθa
Original script:
Object:	SZ-52 bowl (pottery)
Position:	outside
Orientation:	0°
Script:	unknown
Direction of writing:	ambiguous
Letter height:	0.40.4 cm <br /> – 1.0 cm
Number of characters:	8
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	incised
Current condition:	complete
Date of inscription:	3rd–2nd centuries BC [from object]
Date derived from:	typology [from object]
Language:	unknown
Meaning:	unknown
Alternative sigla:	IR 51 LIR SA-49 MLR 207
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 144

Commentary

First published in IR. Autopsied by TIR in November 2013.

Pictures in IR (photo tav. XLVI, fig. b and drawing = LIR), MLR (photo).

Length 3.6 cm. The scratches transcribed as are shorter than the two letters. Compare a very similar row of characters in the same place on a Sanzeno bowl, but rotated by 180°.

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)