VN-11
From Thesaurus Inscriptionum Raeticarum
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| Transliteration: | lumene·χa·χiθiiii |
| Original script: |          
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| Object: | VN-11 bone point (bone) |
| Position: | front, right-hand side"right-hand side" is not in the list (front, back, top, bottom, inside, outside, neck, shoulder, foot, handle, ...) of allowed values for the "position" property. |
| Script: | North Italic script |
| Direction of writing: | sinistroverse |
| Letter height: | 1 cm |
| Number of letters: | 8 – 15 |
| Number of characters: | 17 |
| Number of lines: | 1 |
| Craftsmanship: | engraved |
| Current condition: | complete |
| Archaeological culture: | La Tène C, La Tène D [from object] |
| Date of inscription: | 3rd–1st centuries BC [from object] |
| Date derived from: | archaeological context [from object] |
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| Language: | Raetic |
| Meaning: | unknown |
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| Alternative sigla: | none |
| Sources: | Schumacher 2004: 323 |
Images
 Object VN-11 bone point with inscription VN-11.
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 Inscription VN-11.
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Commentary
First published in Schumacher 2004: 323.
Pictures in Steiner & Gamper 1999b: 133 (photo) and Schumacher 2004: Taf. 13,1 (drawing).
Length 5.8 cm. Tidily scratched on the "front" of the bone point, which has a horizontal central ridge; the hastae are accordingly made up of two scratches each. Only the second features a doubtful second bar on the left. The separators are repeatedly scratched.
For the sequence lumene·χa, cp. VN-10 and VN-15. is a non-script group reminiscent of the sequence, though inverted, on VN-5.1 / VN-6.
