SZ-17
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Transliteration: | sχsi |
Original script: | |
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Object: | SZ-17 handle (bronze) |
Position: | handle, side"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: | 0.4 cm – 0.8 cm |
Number of letters: | 4 |
Number of lines: | 1 |
Craftsmanship: | embossed |
Current condition: | complete, restored |
Date of inscription: | 5th–4th centuries BC [from object] |
Date derived from: | typology [from object] |
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Type: | unknown |
Language: | unknown |
Meaning: | unknown |
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Alternative sigla: | PID 198 LIR SA-28 TM 218387 |
Sources: | Schumacher 2004: 136 |
Commentary
First published in PID. Autopsied by TIR in November 2013.
Images in LIR (photo and drawing).
Length 1.8 cm. The orientation of is unusual; the short stroke of is probably due to the curvature of the handle. Compare the almost identical inscription SZ-38 on an iron knife – a manufacturer's mark?
Further references: Battisti 1936: 495, Battisti 1944: 229, Pellegrini 1951: 316, Vetter 1954: 73.
Bibliography
Battisti 1936 | Carlo Battisti, "Rivista Linguistica Etrusca 1932-35 (Prima puntata)", Studi Etruschi 10 (1936), 488–517. |
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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) |