IT-1

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Inscription
Transliteration:	???
Original script:
Object:	IT-1 potsherd (pottery)
Position:	handle, outside
Script:	unknown
Direction of writing:	ambiguous
Letter height:	0.8 cm
Number of characters:	3
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	incised before firing
Current condition:	complete, restored
Archaeological culture:	La Tène C, La Tène D [from object]
Date of inscription:	250–15 BC [from object]
Date derived from:	archaeological context [from object]
Language:	unknown
Meaning:	unknown
Alternative sigla:	IR 104 LIR VOL-1 MLR sub iudice nr. 20 TM 218555
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 190

Images

Object IT-1 potsherd with inscription IT-1.

Inscription IT-1.

Object IT-1 potsherd with inscription IT-1.

Commentary

First published in Kasseroler 1957: 102 (M 619). Autopsied by TIR in November 2013.

Pictures in Kasseroler 1957: Taf. 42,1 (photo = Franz 1958c: Taf. 7,1), IR (drawing), LIR (drawing), MLR (photo = Franz 1958c: Taf. 7,1).

Length 1.2 cm. Theoretically legible as ini or iuii. Franz (p. 67) and Kasseroler (p. 79) read INI in Roman letters. Added to the corpus by Mancini, but belonging with a number of potsherds from the Himmelreich bearing diverse characters which are clearly non-script.

Bibliography

Franz 1958c	Leonhard Franz, "Zwei Inschriften vom "Himmelreich"", in: Konrad Fichtl (Ed.), Wattner Buch [= Schlern-Schriften 165], Innsbruck: 1958, 67–68.
IR	Alberto Mancini, "Iscrizioni retiche", Studi Etruschi 43 (1975), 249–306.
Kasseroler 1957	Alfons Kasseroler, Die vorgeschichtliche Niederlassung auf dem „Himmelreich“ bei Wattens [= Schlern-Schriften 166], Innsbruck: Wagner 1957.
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)