BZ-1

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Inscription
Transliteration:	]anu[
Original script:	][
Object:	BZ-1 potsherd (pottery)
Position:	bottom, outside
Script:	unknown
Direction of writing:	ambiguous
Letter height:	1.61.6 cm <br /> – 2.0 cm
Number of letters:	3
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	incised
Current condition:	unknown
Archaeological culture:	La Tène A, La Tène B [from object]
Date of inscription:	middle of the 5th–middle of the 3rd centuries BC [from object]
Date derived from:	typology, archaeological context [from object]
Language:	unknown
Meaning:	unknown
Alternative sigla:	IR 102 LIR BZ-21
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 178

Commentary

First published in Torggler-Wöß 1953b: 442 f. Autopsied by TIR in November 2013.

Pictures in Torggler-Wöß 1953b: 442, fig. 2 (drawing), Franz 1959: Taf. 3,5 (drawing), Lunz 1974: Taf. 73,1 (drawing) and IR (photo tav. LVI, fig. b; and drawing = LIR).

Torggler-Wöß 1953b mentions remains of an inscription and only two characters. The orientation of the inscription is ambiguous – either or is written upside-down. Above representation chooses the sinistroverse reading with straight ; compare BZ-2 for another inscription which might be read dextroverse with upside-down (and straight ). The in θ]anu read by Mancini is not verifiable: The stroke in question (see his drawing) is not as deep as the others and may not be intentional.

Further references: Franz 1959: 228 f.

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)
Lunz 1974	Reimo Lunz, Studien zur End-Bronzezeit und älteren Eisenzeit im Südalpenraum, Firenze: Sansoni 1974.