NO-11
From Thesaurus Inscriptionum Raeticarum
Revision as of 21:16, 8 November 2021 by Corinna Salomon (talk | contribs)
| Inscription | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration: | pirikaniśnu |
| Original script: |        
|
|
| |
| Object: | NO-11 bronze (bronze) |
| Position: | front |
| Script: | North Italic script (Sanzeno alphabet) |
| 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 |
| Date of inscription: | end of the 5th century BC–around 400 BC [from object] |
| Date derived from: | archaeological context [from object] |
|
| |
| Language: | Raetic |
| Meaning: | 'Piri Kaniśnu' (PN) |
|
| |
| Alternative sigla: | PID 214 LIR DE-1 MLR 20 TM 218453 |
| Sources: | Schumacher 2004: 152 |
Images
 Object NO-11 bronze with inscription NO-11.
|
 Inscription NO-11.
|
Commentary
First published in Wieser 1883: 221. Examined by TIR in November 2013.
Images in 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), MLR (photo).
Length 6.2 cm. The inscription is in excellent condition, the reading is unambiguous. Depending on whether the object was a votive offering or a profane ornamental appliqué, 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. |
|---|---|
| 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) |
