IT-1

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Inscription
Transliteration:	???
Original script:
Object:	IT-1 potsherd (pottery)
Position:	handle, outside
Script:	unknown
Direction of writing:	ambiguous
Letter height:	0.8 cm
Number of characters:	3
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	incised before firing
Current condition:	complete, restored
Archaeological culture:	La Tène C, La Tène D [from object]
Date of inscription:	250–15 BC [from object]
Date derived from:	archaeological context [from object]
Language:	unknown
Meaning:	unknown
Alternative sigla:	IR 104 LIR VOL-1
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 190

Images

Object IT-1 potsherd with inscription IT-1.

Inscription IT-1.

Object IT-1 potsherd with inscription IT-1.

Commentary

First published in Kasseroler 1957: 102 (M 619). Autopsied by TIR in November 2013.

Pictures in Kasseroler 1957: Taf. 42,1 (photo = Franz 1958c: Taf. 7,1), IR (drawing) and LIR (drawing).

Length 1.2 cm. Theoretically legible as ini or iuii. Franz (p. 67) and Kasseroler (p. 79) read INI in Roman letters. Added to the corpus by Mancini, but belonging with a number of potsherds from the Himmelreich bearing diverse characters which are clearly non-script.

Bibliography

Franz 1958c	Leonhard Franz, "Zwei Inschriften vom "Himmelreich"", in: Konrad Fichtl (Ed.), Wattner Buch [= Schlern-Schriften 165], Innsbruck: 1958, 67–68.
IR	Alberto Mancini, "Iscrizioni retiche", Studi Etruschi 43 (1975), 249–306.
Kasseroler 1957	Alfons Kasseroler, Die vorgeschichtliche Niederlassung auf dem „Himmelreich“ bei Wattens [= Schlern-Schriften 166], Innsbruck: Wagner 1957.
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)