SZ-6

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Inscription
Transliteration:	θiχiθ?$?
Original script:	?
Object:	SZ-6 bronze (bronze)
Position:	front
Orientation:	0°
Script:	unknown
Direction of writing:	ambiguous
Letter height:	0.80.8 cm <br /> – 1.3 cm
Number of characters:	10
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	embossed
Current condition:	complete
Date of inscription:
Date derived from:
Language:	unknown
Meaning:	unknown
Alternative sigla:	IR 19 LIR SA-14 TM 218376
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 133

Images

Object SZ-6 bronze with inscription SZ-6.

Commentary

First published in Mayr 1951: 30 (no. VI). Autopsied by TIR in October 2014.

Images in Roberti 1950: Tav. II,VI (drawing) = Mayr 1951: 31 (VI), Pellegrini 1951: no. 6 (photo) and 307 (6) (drawing), LIR (photo and drawing = IR).

Inscribed on the front of the bronze, length about 5.2 cm. The characters are well discernible. on the perforated end is followed by an asterisk between two short strokes on each side; then some criss-crossing lines (see drawing). Most probably non-script, maybe pseudo-script – see here for possible interpretations of inscriptions with doubtful status.

Further references: Pellegrini 1951: 311 (no. 6) and 324, Mayr 1952: 176 (no. 6), Vetter 1954: 71 (no. 6).

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 1951	Karl M. Mayr, "Die Inschriften der Votive von Sanzeno (2)", Der Schlern 25 (1951), 30–32, 78–79, 133–135, 179–181.
Mayr 1952	Karl M. Mayr, "Zu den Inschriften der Votive von Sanzeno", Der Schlern 26 (1952), 175–177.