SZ-65.2

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Inscription
Transliteration:	ku
Original script:
Object:	SZ-65 simpulum (bronze) (Inscriptions: SZ-65.1, SZ-65.2)
Position:	handle, 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., side"side" is not in the list (front, back, top, bottom, inside, outside, neck, shoulder, foot, handle, ...) of allowed values for the "position" property.
Script:	North Italic script
Direction of writing:	sinistroverse
Letter height:	0.6 cm
Number of letters:	2
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	embossed
Current condition:	complete
Date of inscription:
Date derived from:
Language:	unknown
Meaning:	unknown
Alternative sigla:	IR 64.2 LIR SA-60 b TM 218435
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 147

Commentary

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

Picture in IR (drawing = LIR.

Length 1.1 cm. The object bears another, identical inscription on the other side of the handle. Compare maybe SZ-75, also on a simpulum handle.

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)