SZ-49

Inscription
Transliteration:	iiθii
Original script:

Object:	SZ-49 tusk (tooth)
Position:	side"side" is not in the list (front, back, top, bottom, inside, outside, neck, shoulder, foot, handle, ...) of allowed values for the "position" property.
Script:	unknown
Direction of writing:	ambiguous
Letter height:	0.9 cm
Number of characters:	5
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	engraved
Current condition:	damaged
Date of inscription:
Date derived from:

Language:	unknown
Meaning:	unknown

Alternative sigla:	IR 48 LIR SA-91
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 143

Images

Object SZ-49 tusk with inscription SZ-49.

Inscription SZ-49.

First published in Franz 1959: 229 (A 2). Autopsied by TIR in November 2013.

Pictures in Franz 1959: Taf. 3,8 (drawing), IR (drawing = LIR) and LIR (photo).

Length 1.4 cm. Engraved into the tip of the tusk; a small piece broken off, damaging the middle section. Most probably purely ornamental (cp. SZ-85).

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)