BZ-22

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Inscription
Transliteration: ?]θ[
Original script: ]Θ s[

Object: BZ-22 potsherd (pottery)
Position: outside
Script: unknown
Direction of writing: ambiguous
Number of characters: 2
Craftsmanship: incised before firing
Current condition: damaged, incomplete
Archaeological culture: La Tène A [from object]
Date of inscription: middle of the 5th–4th centuries BC [from object]
Date derived from: archaeological context, typology [from object]

Language: unknown
Meaning: unknown

Alternative sigla: none

Commentary

First published in Kaltenhauser 1966: 143 (no. 310). Autopsied by TIR in July 2014.

Picture in Kaltenhauser 1966: Taf. 37, Fig. 6 (drawing).

The St. Andrew's cross is clearly discernible, the remains of a scratch are visible next to it. See here for a discussion of possible interpretations of inscriptions with doubtful status.

Bibliography

Kaltenhauser 1966 Gerard Kaltenhauser, Die vor- und frühgeschichtlichen Altertümer von St. Hippolyt bei Tisens, Innsbruck: 1966. (2 volumes: text volume and volume of plates; unpublished doctoral research study)