SL-2.3

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Inscription
Transliteration:	þuφniφanuanaφi
Original script:	Þ5 s
Variant Reading:	þuφniþanuanaþi
Object:	SL-2 helmet (bronze) (Inscriptions: SL-2.1, SL-2.2, SL-2.4)
Position:	right-hand side"right-hand side" is not in the list (front, back, top, bottom, inside, outside, neck, shoulder, foot, handle, ...) of allowed values for the "position" property., front area"front area" is not in the list (front, back, top, bottom, inside, outside, neck, shoulder, foot, handle, ...) of allowed values for the "position" property., rim
Script:	North Italic script
Direction of writing:	sinistroverse
Number of letters:	14
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	embossed
Current condition:	complete
Archaeological culture:	La Tène A [from object]
Date of inscription:	second half of 5th–beginning of 4th century BC [from object]
Date derived from:	typology [from object]
Language:	unknown
Meaning:
Alternative sigla:	none
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 330

Images

Inscription SL-2.3.

Commentary

First published in ???.
Further references: Nedoma 1995: 16–20, Egg 1986: 227 (Nr 324), Urban & Nedoma 2002: ???.
Pictures in Nedoma 1995: Abb. 1–8 (photo) and Egg 1986: Abb. 138 (drawing).
Embossed with a pointed tool. The inscription is upside-down when the helmet is worn. (See ??? for a discussion of the methodes of inscribing helmets.)
The inscription is in good condition. A white inlay was added wann, as can be seen on the photos, but must have been cleaned away since. Remains can still be seen in some of the deeper indentations. All letters are well identifiable. The problem lies in the identification of the four signs consisting of a vertical hasta with a circle (or circloid) on top (letters 1, 3, 6 and 13). elaboration

Bibliography

Marstrander 1925	Carl Johan Sverdrup Marstrander, "Les inscriptions des casques de Negau, Styrie", Symbolae Osloensis 3 (1925), 37–64.