SZ-55

edit with form

Inscription
Transliteration:	m·̣e
Original script:
Variant Reading:	śe
Object:	SZ-55 potsherd (pottery)
Position:	foot, inside
Script:	unknown
Direction of writing:	sinistroverse
Letter height:	3.73.7 cm <br /> – 4.5 cm
Number of letters:	2
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	incised
Current condition:	complete, restored
Archaeological culture:	La Tène [from object]
Date of inscription:
Date derived from:
Language:	unknown
Meaning:	unknown
Alternative sigla:	IR 54 LIR SA-54
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 145

Commentary

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

Pictures in IR (photo tav. LI, fig. b and drawing = LIR).

The reading śe is improbable: The fourth stroke of the right-hand sign is oblique, a projection towards the small stroke below would have to be curved. While there is an omphalos in between, carving over it should not have posed a problem. However, traces of such a projection might just be divined. In any case, the "punctuation mark" may not be intentional – comparing it to the rest of the inscription is impossible due to a black inlay in the letters.

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)