SZ-55
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Inscription | |
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Transliteration: | m·̣e |
Original script: | |
Variant Reading: | śe |
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Object: | SZ-55 potsherd (pottery) |
Position: | foot, inside |
Script: | unknown |
Direction of writing: | sinistroverse |
Letter height: | 3.73.7 cm <br /> – 4.5 cm |
Number of letters: | 2 |
Number of lines: | 1 |
Craftsmanship: | incised |
Current condition: | complete, restored |
Archaeological culture: | La Tène [from object] |
Date of inscription: | |
Date derived from: | |
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Language: | unknown |
Meaning: | unknown |
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Alternative sigla: | IR 54 LIR SA-54 TM 218425 |
Sources: | Schumacher 2004: 145 |
Commentary
First published in IR. Autopsied by TIR in November 2013.
Pictures in IR (photo tav. LI, fig. b and drawing = LIR).
Length 4 cm. The reading śe is improbable: The fourth stroke of the right-hand sign is oblique, a projection towards the small stroke below would have to be curved. While there is an omphalos in between, carving over it should not have posed a problem. However, traces of such a projection might just be divined. In any case, the "punctuation mark" may not be intentional – comparing it to the rest of the inscription is impossible due to a black inlay in the letters.
Bibliography
IR | Alberto Mancini, "Iscrizioni retiche", Studi Etruschi 43 (1975), 249–306. |
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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) |