MA-24
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| Transliteration: | ]ś |
| Original script: |  [
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| Object: | MA-24 ingot (lead) |
| Position: | front |
| Script: | unknown |
| Direction of writing: | ambiguous |
| 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] |
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| Type: | unknown |
| Language: | unknown |
| Meaning: | unknown |
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| Alternative sigla: | LIR MA-22 (a) MLR 46 |
| Sources: | Schumacher 2004: 166 |
Commentary
First published in Pellegrini 1918: 174. Autopsied by TIR in October 2015.
Images in Pellegrini 1918: 174 (fig. 6), LIR (photo and drawing).
A shape like with one straight hasta. 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) |
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