SZ-38

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Inscription
Transliteration: sχsi
Original script: I sS dΧ3 sS d

Object: SZ-38 sword ()
Position: unknown
Script: North Italic script
Direction of writing: sinistroverse
Number of letters: 4
Number of lines: 1
Craftsmanship: unknown
Current condition: unknown
Date of inscription:
Date derived from:

Language: unknown
Meaning: unknown

Alternative sigla: IR 37
LIR SA-29
Sources: Schumacher 2004: 141

Commentary

First published in Pellegrini 1951: 316 (no. 18). Non vidi.

Image in Pellegrini 1951: 313 (no. 18) (drawing).

Pellegrini only gives a drawing of the letter forms and points out the inscription's similarity to SZ-17. No-one appears to have examined it since, there is no information on craftsmanship or the exact position of the writing on the object. The inscription resembles SZ-17 not only in the sequence of letters, but also in the orientation of Sigma in writing direction (a reading isχs is generally excluded, probably on phonetic grounds). If Pellegrini's drawing is accurate, the shape of Chi is slightly different.

Further references: Vetter 1954: 72 f. (no. 18).

Bibliography

IR Alberto Mancini, "Iscrizioni retiche", Studi Etruschi 43 (1975), 249–306.
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)