SZ-8.1

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Inscription
Transliteration:	kaθiave
Original script:
Object:	SZ-8 bronze (bronze) (Inscriptions: SZ-8.1, SZ-8.2)
Position:	front, centre"centre" is not in the list (front, back, top, bottom, inside, outside, neck, shoulder, foot, handle, ...) of allowed values for the "position" property.
Orientation:	0°
Script:	North Italic script
Direction of writing:	sinistroverse
Letter height:	0.90.9 cm <br /> – 1.2 cm
Number of letters:	7
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	embossed
Current condition:	complete
Date of inscription:
Date derived from:
Language:	Raetic
Meaning:	'Kaθiave' (PN)
Alternative sigla:	IR 21 LIR SA-12 a TM 218378
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 133

Images

Object SZ-8 bronze with inscription SZ-8.1 - frontside.

Commentary

First published in Mayr 1951: 32 (no. VIII). Autopsied by TIR in October 2014.

Images in Roberti 1950: Tav. III,VIII (drawing) = Mayr 1951: 31 (VIII), Pellegrini 1951: no. 8 (photo) and 313 (8) (drawing), LIR (photo and drawing = IR).

Inscribed on the front of the bronze, along the horse's back, starting at the backside; length 3.8 cm. The characters are unambiguous. kaθiave is best interpreted as an individual name, probably that of the donor.

Further references: Pellegrini 1951: 312 (no. 8) and 324, Mayr 1952: 176 (no. 8), Vetter 1954: 71 (no. 8), Tibiletti Bruno 1978: 222.

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)
Mayr 1951	Karl M. Mayr, "Die Inschriften der Votive von Sanzeno (2)", Der Schlern 25 (1951), 30–32, 78–79, 133–135, 179–181.
Mayr 1952	Karl M. Mayr, "Zu den Inschriften der Votive von Sanzeno", Der Schlern 26 (1952), 175–177.