BZ-28

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Inscription
Transliteration: ]?aịṇ[
Original script: ]N sI sA s?[

Object: BZ-28 fragment (bronze)
Position: outside
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, restored
Date of inscription: 2nd half of the 5th century–1st century BC [from object]
Date derived from: typology [from object]

Language: unknown
Meaning: unknown

Alternative sigla: TM 653546

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Commentary

Not previously published. Autopsied by TIR in November 2014.

Length of the remains about 3 cm. The inscription is included into the Raetic corpus for the only clearly legible letter A s, which appears in the same shape as in BZ-27. When it comes to the other lines, the reading is impeded not only by cracks and surface damage, but also by a sloppily applied white inlay. The leftmost character, whose hasta is clearly longer than the inlay suggests, may well be N s; in this case, the single vertical scratch before it must be I s. To the right of A s, two scratches cut short in the bottom can be seen. See Non-script notational systems for information on the marks on those fragments of helmets from the find which have not been included.

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