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== Commentary ==
== Commentary ==
First published in {{bib|Schumacher 1992}}: 177, 208.
Picture 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]].
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Revision as of 14:02, 8 October 2014

Inscription
Transliteration: ụ]mel[
Original script: ]L 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
Sources: Schumacher 2004: 177, 208

Images

Commentary

First published in Schumacher 1992: 177, 208.

Picture 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 L s. The inscription may have gone on after L 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)