SZ-20

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Inscription
Transliteration: χ
Original script: Χ3 s

Object: SZ-20 bronze (bronze)
(Inscriptions: SZ-20, SZ-21)
Position: front
Script: unknown
Direction of writing: ambiguous
Letter height: 0.7 cm
Number of characters: 1
Number of lines: 1
Craftsmanship: embossed
Current condition: complete
Date of inscription: 5th–1st centuries BC [from object]
Date derived from: cultural context [from object]

Language: unknown
Meaning: unknown

Alternative sigla: PID 201
LIR SA-17
MLR 193
Sources: Schumacher 2004: 137

Commentary

First published in PID. Autopsied by TIR in November 2013.

A single sign on the animal's chest. Probably non-script: Compare other bronzes from Sanzeno with similar signs accompanying the inscriptions.

Further references: NRIE 97, Battisti 1944: 230.

Bibliography

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)