SZ-76.1

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Inscription
Transliteration:	la
Original script:
Variant Reading:	ia
Object:	SZ-76 axe (iron) (Inscriptions: SZ-76.1, SZ-76.2)
Position:	back area"back 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:	unknown
Direction of writing:	sinistroverse
Letter height:	1.3 cm
Number of letters:	2
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	embossed
Current condition:	complete, damaged, restored
Date of inscription:
Date derived from:
Language:	unknown
Meaning:	unknown
Alternative sigla:	LIR SA-45 MLR 232 a TM 653576

Images

Object SZ-76 axe with inscriptions SZ-76.2 (left) and SZ-76.1 (right).

Commentary

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

Pictures in Nothdurfter 1979: 100 (195) (drawing) and LIR (drawing).

Length 1.6 cm. Mancini reads ia, but both a lower (fine and short) and an upper bar (broad, maybe corrosion, but compare SZ-76.2), though lacking white inlay, may be distinguished – see la for possible comparanda on axe heads and elsewhere.

Bibliography

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)