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== Commentary == | == Commentary == | ||
First published in {{bib|MLR}}. Autopsied by TIR on 17<sup>th</sup> November 2015. | |||
Image in {{bib|MLR}} (photo). | |||
Length 6.3 cm, starting at about 1 cm from the undamaged end. The characters, all touching the upper edge, are neatly executed and unambiguous. A fine crack runs vertically through Upsilon. | |||
The sequence {{w||ieśula}} is obscure. The final part of the inscription {{w||t·naχe}} represents the verbal form {{w||þinaχe}}, though the spelling is unusual. The use of Tau for writing the Raetic dental affricate is an expectable compromise in the absence of the [[index::Þ|Raetic special character]], but note that Zeta is used in [[index::VR-11]] and probably also [[index::VR-2]]. The short vertical stroke after Tau might be read Iota, but considering that the form is also shortened and written with puncts in the above-mentioned examples, the stroke is more likely to indeed be a syllabic punctuation mark. Assuming that the first syllable ''ie'' was treated as a regular CV-syllable, Tau in {{w||þnaχe}} is the only letter that needs to be punctuated. The question remains, why {{p||i}} was dropped in the first place – actual syncope is unlikely, as {{p||a}} is dropped additionally in [[index::VR-11]]. We seem to be concerned with an orthographical rather than a linguistical phenomenon. | |||
On the back of the object, in the centre, a symbol {{c||symbol5}} (inverted). | |||
{{bibliography}} | {{bibliography}} | ||
Revision as of 15:34, 29 November 2015
| Inscription | |
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| Transliteration: | ieśulat·naχe |
| Original script: |          
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| Object: | VR-10 mounting () |
| Position: | front |
| Script: | North Italic script (Magrè alphabet) |
| Direction of writing: | sinistroverse |
| Letter height: | 1.41.4 cm <br /> – 1.9 cm |
| Number of letters: | 11 |
| Number of characters: | 12 |
| Number of lines: | 11 |
| Craftsmanship: | embossed |
| Current condition: | complete, damaged |
| Date of inscription: | |
| Date derived from: | |
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| Language: | Raetic |
| Meaning: | unknown |
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| Alternative sigla: | MLR 122 |
Commentary
First published in MLR. Autopsied by TIR on 17th November 2015.
Image in MLR (photo).
Length 6.3 cm, starting at about 1 cm from the undamaged end. The characters, all touching the upper edge, are neatly executed and unambiguous. A fine crack runs vertically through Upsilon.
The sequence ieśula is obscure. The final part of the inscription t·naχe represents the verbal form þinaχe, though the spelling is unusual. The use of Tau for writing the Raetic dental affricate is an expectable compromise in the absence of the Raetic special character, but note that Zeta is used in VR-11 and probably also VR-2. The short vertical stroke after Tau might be read Iota, but considering that the form is also shortened and written with puncts in the above-mentioned examples, the stroke is more likely to indeed be a syllabic punctuation mark. Assuming that the first syllable ie was treated as a regular CV-syllable, Tau in þnaχe is the only letter that needs to be punctuated. The question remains, why i was dropped in the first place – actual syncope is unlikely, as a is dropped additionally in VR-11. We seem to be concerned with an orthographical rather than a linguistical phenomenon.
On the back of the object, in the centre, a symbol 
(inverted).
Bibliography
| Marinetti 2003 | Anna Marinetti, "Iscrizioni retiche di San Giorgio Valpolicella (VR)", Quaderni di Archeologia del Veneto (QdAV) IXX (2003), 111–117. |
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| Marinetti 2004 | Anna Marinetti, "Nuove iscrizioni retiche dall'area veronese", Studi Etruschi 70 (2004), 408–420. |
