VN-9

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Inscription
Transliteration:	lavise
Original script:
Object:	VN-9 bone point (bone)
Position:	front, right-hand side"right-hand side" 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
Direction of writing:	sinistroverse
Letter height:	0.70.7 cm <br /> – 1 cm
Number of letters:	6
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:	Raetic
Meaning:	'Lavise' (PN)
Alternative sigla:	LIR BZ-30
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 332

Images

Object VN-9 bone point with inscription VN-9.

Inscription VN-9.

Commentary

First published in Schumacher 1994b: 297f.

Picture in Schumacher 1994b: Abb. 2 (drawing = Schumacher 2004: Taf. 13,2 = LIR).

Length 2.2 cm. The letters are small and not too tidily scratched, but well legible and unambiguous.

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)