NO-11
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Transliteration: | lirikaniśnu |
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Variant Reading: | pirikaniśnu |
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Object: | NO-11 mounting () |
Position: | front |
Script: | North Italic script |
Direction of writing: | sinistroverse |
Letter height: | 1.11.1 cm <br /> – 1.5 cm |
Number of letters: | 11 |
Number of lines: | 1 |
Craftsmanship: | embossed |
Current condition: | complete, restored |
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Language: | Raetic |
Meaning: | 'Liri/Piri Kaniśnu' (proper name) |
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Alternative sigla: | PID 214 LIR DE-1 |
Sources: | Schumacher 2004: 152 |
Images
Object NO-11 bronze with inscription NO-11.
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Inscription NO-11.
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Commentary
First published in Von Wieser 1883: 221. Autopsied by TIR in November 2013.
Pictures in Von Wieser 1883: 221, Fig. 75 (drawing), Oberziner 1883: Tav. II,9 (drawing), AIF I: Taf. II (35) (drawing), Schumacher 2004 (photo on cover) and LIR (photo and drawing).
Length 6.1 cm. The inscription is in excellent condition, the reading is unambiguous. Depending on whether the object was a votive offering or a profane ornamental fitting, the personal name may be the donor's or the owner's.
Further references: Oberziner 1883: 191 f., AIF I 35, Battisti 1944: 234, Tibiletti Bruno 1978: 220.
Bibliography
AIF I | Carl Pauli, Altitalische Forschungen. Band 1: Die Inschriften nordetruskischen Alphabets, Leipzig: 1885. |
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Battisti 1944 | Carlo Battisti, "Osservazioni sulla lingua delle iscrizioni nell'alfabeto etrusco settentrionale di Bolzano", Studi Etruschi 18 (1944), 199–236. |
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) |