SZ-44.1

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Inscription
Transliteration:	uθiiθi
Original script:
Object:	SZ-44 scythe ring (iron) (Inscriptions: SZ-44.1, SZ-44.2)
Position:	outside
Script:	unknown
Direction of writing:	ambiguous
Letter height:	1.31.3 cm <br /> – 1.8 cm
Number of characters:	6
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	embossed
Current condition:	complete, restored
Date of inscription:
Date derived from:
Language:	unknown
Meaning:	unknown
Alternative sigla:	IR 43 LIR SA-71 a
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 142

Commentary

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

Pictures in Nothdurfter 1979: 100 (1075) (drawing) and IR (photo tav. XLV, fig. c and drawing = LIR).

Inscription length 5.2 cm. SZ-44.1 differs from the similar inscriptions on scythe rings in that it runs in the opposite direction, as on the chisel and knife. It also features an additional smaller stroke before and two little crosses inside the and in between the two s, which have been ignored in the reading due to the abovementioned parallels.

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)