TR-2

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Inscription
Transliteration: uθeθ·e
Original script: E spunctuation7 sΘ sE sΘ sU5 s

Object: TR-2 bone (bone)
Position: front, centre"centre" 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 (Magrè alphabet)
Direction of writing: sinistroverse
Letter height: 1.11.1 cm <br /> 1.1 cm <br />
Number of letters: 5
Number of characters: 6
Number of lines: 1
Craftsmanship: engraved
Current condition: complete
Date of inscription: end of the 2nd–beginning of the 1st centuries BC [from object]
Date derived from: archaeological context [from object]

Language: unknown
Meaning: unknown

Alternative sigla: MLR 282
Sources: Schumacher 2004: 321

Commentary

First published in Mancini 1995: 147. Autopsied by TIR on 13th October 2015.

Image in Mancini 1995: 147 (drawing = Schumacher 2004: Taf. 11, 2 = LIR = MLR).

Length 2.1 cm. The scratches are very fine, but the characters are unambiguous. The bar of Upsilon is rounded, probably because of the curvature of the surface (cp. TR-1.1). The four lines after the punctuation mark are E s rather than I sA9 s as read by Mancini. The punctuation mark looks intentional, but can neither be evidence of syllabic punctuation, nor does it make sense as a separator. Cp. TR-4. The sequence is obscure.

Bibliography

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)
Mancini 1995 Alberto Mancini, "Nuove Iscrizioni Retiche", Quaderni del Dipartimento di Linguistica - Università di Firenze 6 (1995), 137–153.