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== Commentary ==
== Commentary ==
Pi is one of the letters (together with [[index::L|Lambda]] and [[index::U|Upsilon]]) which serve as a basis for distinguishing the Magrè and Sanzeno alphabets (see [[index::Script]]): The variants {{c||P}}, {{c||P3}}, {{c||P4}}, {{c||P5}} with an angle (sometimes rounded), often termed "Venetoid" in the TIR, are attributed to the Magrè alphabet, while {{c||P2}} with a simple bar on top, as in Western Transpadania, is used in the Sanzeno alphabet.
Pi is one of the letters (together with [[index::L|Lambda]] and [[index::U|Upsilon]]) which serve as a basis for distinguishing the Magrè and Sanzeno alphabets (see [[index::Script]]): The variants {{c||P}}, {{c||P5}}, {{c||P3}}, {{c||P4}} with an angle (sometimes rounded), often termed "Venetoid" in the TIR, are attributed to the Magrè alphabet (the latter two so far only in the North), while {{c||P2}} with a simple bar on top, as in Western Transpadania, is used in the Sanzeno alphabet.


{{c||P2}} is considered to be the standard form of Sanzeno Pi. The letter occurs in more than thirty inscriptions and inscriptoids in Sanzeno context. In nine certainly language-encoding inscriptions ([[index::CE-1.3]], [[index::SZ-15.1]], [[index::SZ-22.1]], [[index::SZ-30]], [[index::SZ-87]], [[index::SZ-98]], [[index::BZ-9]], [[index::BZ-10.1]], [[index::WE-3]]), twelve tokens represent up to seven different types. Of these, two are attested in Magrè context with certain Pi ({{w||piθam(n)e}} vel sim., {{w||piθie|pitie}} vel sim.). The letter generally considered to be Sanzeno Pi {{c||P2|d}}, with the bar extending against writing direction, is argued to be not Pi, but Tau (see [[index::T]]). On {{c||P2}} vs. {{c||P2|d}} in Sanzeno context, though with obsolete argumentation, see Salomon in {{bib|Kluge & Salomon 2015}} (p. 89–92).
In TIR, {{c||P2}} is considered to be the standard form of Sanzeno Pi. The letter occurs in more than thirty inscriptions and inscriptoids in Sanzeno context. In ten certainly language-encoding inscriptions ([[index::CE-1.3]], [[index::SZ-15.1]], [[index::SZ-22.1]], [[index::SZ-30]], [[index::SZ-87]], [[index::SZ-98]], [[index::NO-11]], [[index::BZ-9]], [[index::BZ-10.1]], [[index::WE-3]]), thirteen tokens represent up to eight different types. Of these, two are attested in Magrè context with certain Pi ({{w||piθam(n)e}} vel sim., {{w||piθie|pitie}} vel sim.). The letter generally considered to be Sanzeno Pi {{c||P2|d}}, with the bar extending against writing direction, is argued to be not Pi, but Tau (see [[index::T]]). On {{c||P2}} vs. {{c||P2|d}} in Sanzeno context, though with obsolete argumentation, see Salomon in {{bib|Kluge & Salomon 2015}} (p. 89–92).


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Character
Customary name: pi

Variants and attestation

Transliteration Sinistroverse Dextroverse
  Glyph Number Glyph Number
P P.png 8 Pd.png 9
P2 P2.png 29 P2d.png 3
P3 P3.png 1 P3d.png 0
P4 P4.png 2 P4d.png 0
P5 P5.png 1 P5d.png 0
P6 P6.png 1 P6d.png 0

Commentary

Pi is one of the letters (together with Lambda and Upsilon) which serve as a basis for distinguishing the Magrè and Sanzeno alphabets (see Script): The variants P s, P5 s, P3 s, P4 s with an angle (sometimes rounded), often termed "Venetoid" in the TIR, are attributed to the Magrè alphabet (the latter two so far only in the North), while P2 s with a simple bar on top, as in Western Transpadania, is used in the Sanzeno alphabet.

In TIR, P2 s is considered to be the standard form of Sanzeno Pi. The letter occurs in more than thirty inscriptions and inscriptoids in Sanzeno context. In ten certainly language-encoding inscriptions (CE-1.3, SZ-15.1, SZ-22.1, SZ-30, SZ-87, SZ-98, NO-11, BZ-9, BZ-10.1, WE-3), thirteen tokens represent up to eight different types. Of these, two are attested in Magrè context with certain Pi (piθam(n)e vel sim., pitie vel sim.). The letter generally considered to be Sanzeno Pi P2 d, with the bar extending against writing direction, is argued to be not Pi, but Tau (see T). On P2 s vs. P2 d in Sanzeno context, though with obsolete argumentation, see Salomon in Kluge & Salomon 2015 (p. 89–92).

Bibliography

Kluge & Salomon 2015 Sindy Kluge, Corinna Salomon, "Ausgewählte Funde aus Dercolo im Kontext der rätischen Inschriften", Wissenschaftliches Jahrbuch der Tiroler Landesmuseen 8 (2015), 80–95.
Markey 2006 Thomas L. Markey, "Early Celticity in Slovenia and at Rhaetic Magrè (Schio)", Linguistica 46 (2006), 145–171.