SZ-63.1

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Inscription
Transliteration:	iiṿ
Original script:
Object:	SZ-63 antler (antler) (Inscriptions: SZ-63.1, SZ-63.2)
Position:	lower area"lower area" is not in the list (front, back, top, bottom, inside, outside, neck, shoulder, foot, handle, ...) of allowed values for the "position" property., outside
Script:	unknown
Direction of writing:	sinistroverse
Number of characters:	3
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	engraved
Current condition:	incomplete
Archaeological culture:	Late Iron Age [from object]
Date of inscription:	5th–1st centuries BC [from object]
Date derived from:	cultural context [from object]
Language:	unknown
Meaning:	unknown
Alternative sigla:	IR 62 LIR SA-46 TM 218433
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 147

Images

Inscription SZ-63.1.

Object SZ-63 antler with inscriptions SZ-63.1 and SZ-63.2.

Inscription SZ-63.1.

Commentary

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

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

A reading iiv (or iie with the uppermost bar broken away) is possible, but the scratches are most probably ornamental: The vertical lines seem to be repeated on the more heavily damaged other end, and are also found on SZ-22 antler; the oblique scratches may be intended to be script-like.

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)