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|craftsmanship=engraved
|craftsmanship=engraved
|condition=complete
|condition=complete
|sigla_mancini=BZ-29
|sigla_mancini=BZ-29
|sigla_mlr=249
|source=Schumacher 2004: 322
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First published in {{bib|Schumacher 1994b}}: 296f.
First published in {{bib|Schumacher 1994b}}: 296f.


Image in {{bib|Schumacher 1994b}}: Abb. 1 (drawing = {{bib|Schumacher 2004}}: Taf. 12,4 = {{bib|LIR}}).
Image in {{bib|Schumacher 1994b}}: Abb. 1 (drawing = {{bib|Schumacher 2004}}: Taf. 12,4 = {{bib|LIR}} = {{bib|MLR}}).


Length 4.5 cm. Inscribed with care; the lines are scratched in two parts, each from the outer end inward. The reading of the letters is unambiguous. A slightly bigger gap separates {{c||S}} from {{c||Θ}}; {{c||U4}}{{c||Θ}} appear a little broader and more spaced out than the other letters. While this may be coincidence, a discrete sequence {{w||χaris}} could be analysed as a Raetic individual name {{w||χari}} in the genitive. Cp. [[index::VN-16]] with a similar sequence sans {{c||U4}}{{c||Θ}}, [[index::VN-17]] with a final {{c||U2}}{{c||Θ}} separated from the preceding sequence by a punctuation mark, and [[index::VN-10]] / [[index::VN-11]] with a group {{c|A|A5}}{{c|Χ}} at the end of the inscription, also separated. Cp. also [[index::SZ-2.2]] with possible {{w||χari}}.
Length 4.5 cm. Inscribed with care; the lines are scratched in two parts, each from the outer end inward. The reading of the letters is unambiguous. A slightly bigger gap separates {{c||S}} from {{c||Θ}}; {{c||U4}}{{c||Θ}} appear a little broader and more spaced out than the other letters. While this may be coincidence, a discrete sequence {{w||χaris}} could be analysed as a Raetic individual name {{w||χari}} in the genitive. Cp. [[index::VN-16]] with a similar sequence sans {{c||U4}}{{c||Θ}}, [[index::VN-17]] with a final {{c||U2}}{{c||Θ}} separated from the preceding sequence by a punctuation mark, and [[index::VN-10]] / [[index::VN-11]] with a group {{c|A|A5}}{{c|Χ}} at the end of the inscription, also separated. Cp. also [[index::SZ-2.2]] with possible {{w||χari}}.
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Revision as of 00:08, 31 March 2016

Inscription
Transliteration: χarisθu
Original script: U4 sΘ sS sI sR sA5 sΧ s
Variant Reading: χaris θu
U4 sΘ sspace sS sI sR sA5 sΧ s

Object: VN-8 bone (bone)
Position:
Script: North Italic script (Sanzeno alphabet)
Direction of writing: sinistroverse
Letter height: 1.1 cm
Number of letters: 5 – 7
Number of characters: 7
Number of lines: 1
Craftsmanship: engraved
Current condition: complete
Archaeological culture: La Tène C, La Tène D [from object]
Date of inscription: 3rd–1st centuries BC [from object]
Date derived from: archaeological context [from object]

Language: unknown
Meaning: unknown

Alternative sigla: LIR BZ-29
MLR 249
Sources: Schumacher 2004: 322

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Commentary

First published in Schumacher 1994b: 296f.

Image in Schumacher 1994b: Abb. 1 (drawing = Schumacher 2004: Taf. 12,4 = LIR = MLR).

Length 4.5 cm. Inscribed with care; the lines are scratched in two parts, each from the outer end inward. The reading of the letters is unambiguous. A slightly bigger gap separates S s from Θ s; U4 sΘ s appear a little broader and more spaced out than the other letters. While this may be coincidence, a discrete sequence χaris could be analysed as a Raetic individual name χari in the genitive. Cp. VN-16 with a similar sequence sans U4 sΘ s, VN-17 with a final U2 sΘ s separated from the preceding sequence by a punctuation mark, and VN-10 / VN-11 with a group A5 sΧ s at the end of the inscription, also separated. Cp. also SZ-2.2 with possible χari.

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)