SI-1

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Inscription
Transliteration:	φs[
Original script:	]
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

Images

Object SI-1 potsherd with inscription SI-1.

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 , 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 and especially 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.