SZ-67

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Inscription
Transliteration:	liṣụạụṛi·̣§
Original script:
Variant Reading:	piṣụạụṛi·̣
Object:	SZ-67 situla ()
Position:	centre"centre" is not in the list (front, back, top, bottom, inside, outside, neck, shoulder, foot, handle, ...) of allowed values for the "position" property., handle, outside
Script:	unknown
Direction of writing:	sinistroverse
Letter height:	0.8 cm
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	embossed
Current condition:	complete, damaged, restored
Date of inscription:
Date derived from:
Language:	unknown
Meaning:
Alternative sigla:	IR 66 LIR SA-23
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 148

Images

Object SZ-67 handle with inscription SZ-67.

Commentary

First published in Franz 1959: 228 (5).
Further references: Tibiletti Bruno 1978: 225.
Pictures in Franz 1959: Taf. 3,2 (drawing), IR (photo tav. L, fig. b and drawing) = LIR (photo and drawing).
Heavily corroded. While a number of strokes is clearly distinguishable, a reading can only be achieved by taking into consideration some doubtful traces of slighter strokes, namely the twig of (no inlay) and the lowest stroke of , which might as well belong with a group of indentations or scratches under the inscription. A similar indentation may be detected under , which could then also be read as , as well as under , turning it into . The stroke interpreted as a punctuation mark (no inlay) may have been longer and completed the symmetrical "symbol" at the leftmost end of the line. Then again, the right part of this symbol could easily be read as , and the leftmost stroke features a twig at the top (no inlay), thus repeating the shape of the first sign read as . The white inlay in the area of the "symbol" may show more than is really there. The reading is highly doubtful, pseudo-script cannot be excluded.

Bibliography

Franz 1959	Leonhard Franz, "Rätische Inschriften im Innsbrucker Landesmuseum", Der Schlern 33 (1959), 228–229.
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)