SZ-4.2

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Inscription
Transliteration:	$
Original script:
Object:	SZ-4 bronze (bronze) (Inscriptions: SZ-4.1, SZ-4.2)
Position:	back
Script:	unknown
Direction of writing:	ambiguous
Letter height:	1.3 cm
Number of characters:	1
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	embossed
Current condition:	complete
Date of inscription:
Date derived from:
Language:	unknown
Meaning:	unknown
Alternative sigla:	IR 17 b LIR SA-6 b TM 218374
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 132

Images

Object SZ-4 bronze with inscription SZ-4.2 - rear side.

Commentary

First published in Mayr 1950: 407 f. (no. IV). Autopsied by TIR in October 2014.

Images in Mayr 1950: 407 (drawing), Pellegrini 1951: no. 4b (photo) and 307 (4b) (drawing).

On the back of the bronze, just above the stylized feet, covering the entire breadth of the object. Most probably a factory mark; possibly a number (pricemark?). Cp. the marks on many other bronzes from Sanzeno, esp. the identical SZ-5.2 on a very similar object.

Further references: Pellegrini 1951: 310 (no. 4b), Mayr 1952: 175 f. (no. 4b), Vetter 1954: 71 (no. 4b), Mayr 1962: 222.

Bibliography

IR	Alberto Mancini, "Iscrizioni retiche", Studi Etruschi 43 (1975), 249–306.
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)
Mayr 1950	Karl M. Mayr, "Die Inschriften der Votive von Sanzeno (1)", Der Schlern 24 (1950), 332–336, 407–409.
Mayr 1952	Karl M. Mayr, "Zu den Inschriften der Votive von Sanzeno", Der Schlern 26 (1952), 175–177.