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|reading=unknown!ụ]mep[
|reading=unknown!ụ]mep[
|reading_original=]{{c|P|P2|d}}{{c|E}}{{c|M}}[{{c|U|U2}}
|reading_original=]{{c|P|P2}}{{c|E}}{{c|M}}[{{c|U|U2}}
|direction=sinistroverse
|direction=sinistroverse
|letter_height_min=1.2 cm
|letter_height_min=1.2 cm
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Image in {{bib|Schumacher 2004}}: Taf. 3,1 (drawing = {{bib|LIR}}).
Image in {{bib|Schumacher 2004}}: Taf. 3,1 (drawing = {{bib|LIR}}).


Length of the remains 3.2 cm. The reading is unambiguous despite the condition of the object. The piece of bone is broken to the right of {{c||M}}; but an oblique hasta is clearly visible beside the irregular breaking edge – the reading {{c||U2}} is based on comparison with [[index::VN-3]]. The lines of {{c||M}} are multiply scratched. The object has recently broken into three pieces in storage (it was still seen as a whole by {{bib|Schumacher 1992|Schumacher}}); one of the new breaking edges coincides with the hasta of {{c||E}}, the second cuts horizontally through {{c||E}} and {{c||L}}. The inscription may have gone on after {{c||L}}, the old break having occurred immediately after the letter. It is, however, too much inclined to indicate a hasta. Cp. the probably identical inscription [[index::VN-3]].
Length of the remains 3.2 cm. The reading is unambiguous despite the condition of the object. The piece of bone is broken to the right of {{c||M}}; but an oblique hasta is clearly visible beside the irregular breaking edge – the reading {{c||U2}} is based on comparison with [[index::VN-3]]. The lines of {{c||M}} are multiply scratched. The object has recently broken into three pieces in storage (it was still seen as a whole by {{bib|Schumacher 1992|Schumacher}}); one of the new breaking edges coincides with the hasta of {{c||E}}, the second cuts horizontally through {{c||E}} and {{c||P2}}. The inscription may have gone on after {{c||P2}}, the old break having occurred immediately after the letter. It is, however, too much inclined to indicate a hasta. Cp. the probably identical inscription [[index::VN-3]].
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Revision as of 14:03, 13 January 2016

Inscription
Transliteration: ụ]mep[
Original script: ]P2 sE sM s[U2 s

Object: VN-2 bone (bone)
Position: front
Script: North Italic script
Direction of writing: sinistroverse
Letter height: 1.2 cm
Number of letters: 4
Number of lines: 1
Craftsmanship: engraved
Current condition: damaged, fragmentary
Date of inscription: 3rd–1st centuries BC [from object]
Date derived from: archaeological context [from object]

Language: unknown
Meaning: unknown

Alternative sigla: LIR BZ-23
MLR 246
Sources: Schumacher 2004: 177, 208

Images

Commentary

First published in Schumacher 1992: 177, 208. Autopsied by TIR in September 2014.

Image in Schumacher 2004: Taf. 3,1 (drawing = LIR).

Length of the remains 3.2 cm. The reading is unambiguous despite the condition of the object. The piece of bone is broken to the right of M s; but an oblique hasta is clearly visible beside the irregular breaking edge – the reading U2 s is based on comparison with VN-3. The lines of M s are multiply scratched. The object has recently broken into three pieces in storage (it was still seen as a whole by Schumacher); one of the new breaking edges coincides with the hasta of E s, the second cuts horizontally through E s and P2 s. The inscription may have gone on after P2 s, the old break having occurred immediately after the letter. It is, however, too much inclined to indicate a hasta. Cp. the probably identical inscription VN-3.

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)