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:	embossed
Current condition:	complete, restored
Date of inscription:
Date derived from:
Language:	unknown
Meaning:	unknown
Alternative sigla:	IR 44 LIR SA-42 b
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 142

Commentary

First published in IR. Autopsied by TIR in November 2013.

Pictures in Nothdurfter 1979: 101 (1074) (drawing), IR (drawing =LIR) and LIR (photo).

Inscription length 1.8 cm. SZ-45.2 differs from the similar inscriptions on scythe rings 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)