SZ-59

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Inscription
Transliteration:	pi / i
Original script:
Object:	SZ-59 bowl (pottery)
Position:	bottom, outside
Script:	unknown
Direction of writing:	ambiguous
Letter height:	1.01 cm <br /> – 1.4 cm
Number of characters:	3
Number of lines:	2
Craftsmanship:	incised
Current condition:	complete
Date of inscription:	3rd–2nd centuries BC [from object]
Date derived from:	typology [from object]
Language:	unknown
Meaning:
Alternative sigla:	IR 58 LIR SA-40
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 143 f.

Commentary

First published in Franz 1959: 228 (8).

Pictures in LIR (photo and drawing) = IR (drawing).

A reading li or pi / i is possible. Two additional more slightly executed strokes next to and the single . Possibly an unfinished version of the inscription discussed in SZ-57.2.

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)