SZ-45.2

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Inscription
Transliteration:	la
Original script:
Variant Reading:	pa
Object:	SZ-45 scythe ring (iron) (Inscriptions: SZ-45.1, SZ-45.2)
Position:	outside
Script:	North Italic script
Direction of writing:	sinistroverse
Letter height:	0.9 cm
Number of letters:	2
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	punch-marked"punch-marked" is not in the list (painted, cast, unknown, engraved, incised, incised before firing, embossed, impressed) of allowed values for the "craftsmanship" property.
Current condition:	complete, restored
Date of inscription:
Date derived from:
Language:	unknown
Meaning:
Alternative sigla:	IR 44 LIR SA-42 b
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 142

Commentary

First published in IR.
Pictures in Nothdurfter 1979: 101 (1074) (drawing), LIR (photo and drawing) = IR (drawing).
Compare the similar inscriptions SZ-44.1 / SZ-44.2 and SZ-46.1 / SZ-46.2, also on scythe rings, with uθiiθi on one and la on the other side. SZ-45.2 differs from these in that it is written in smaller signs close to one edge of the scythe ring on the outside, with uθiiθi on the inside.

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)