SI-1

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Inscription
Transliteration: φs[
Original script: ]S dΦ2 s

Object: SI-1 potsherd (pottery)
Position: inside, rim
Script: unknown
Direction of writing: ambiguous
Letter height: 1.91.9 cm <br /> – 2.2 cm
Number of letters: 2
Number of lines: 1
Craftsmanship: engraved
Current condition: fragmentary
Archaeological culture: La Tène B, La Tène C [from object]
Date of inscription: 3rd–2nd centuries BC [from object]
Date derived from: typology [from object]

Language: unknown
Meaning: unknown

Alternative sigla: TM 653567

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Commentary

Not previously published. Autopsied by TIR in November 2014.

Length of the remains 1.7 cm; incised on the inside just below the rim. The two characters are well visible. To the right of Φ2 s, a gap between character and breaking edge; more lost characters on this side are unlikely.

The object is one of numerous pot sherds from the Rungger Egg which bear characters (see Non-script notational systems). Only two of these have been included in the corpus (cp. SI-2). While S d and especially Φ2 s are letter shapes untypical for marks and non-script scratchings, it cannot be determined whether we are concerned with script. No secure testimonies of script come from the area of Seis am Schlern / Siusi allo Sciliar.

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