SZ-54

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Inscription
Transliteration: iiiiiịθ̣a
Original script: A dsymbol sI2 sI2 sI2 sI2 sI2 s

Object: SZ-54 bowl (pottery)
Position: outside
Orientation: 180°
Script: unknown
Direction of writing: ambiguous
Letter height: 0.50.5 cm <br /> – 1.8 cm
Number of characters: 7
Number of lines: 1
Craftsmanship: incised
Current condition: complete
Date of inscription: 3rd–2nd centuries BC [from object]
Date derived from: typology [from object]

Language: unknown
Meaning: unknown

Alternative sigla: IR 53
LIR SA-79
MLR 208
TM 218424
Sources: Schumacher 2004: 144

Commentary

First published in IR. Autopsied by TIR in November 2013.

Pictures in IR (photo tav. XLVII, fig. c and drawing = LIR), MLR (photo).

Length 3 cm. The reading ignores three probably unintentional scratches, because a very similar row of characters can be found in the same place on another Sanzeno bowl. Again, the scratches transcribed as I s are shorter than the two letters. The sixth stroke is inscribed into Θ s, giving the symbol symbol s.

Illegible scratchings in three more places on the bottom of the bowl: pictures in IR (photos tav. XLVII, fig. a, b and drawings = LIR).

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)