UG-1.2

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Inscription
Transliteration:	istane[?(?)
Original script:	[?(?)
Object:	UG-1 rock (stone) (Inscriptions: UG-1.1, UG-1.2, UG-1.3, UG-1.4)
Position:	bottom, right
Orientation:	90°
Frame:	??   (unknown, top, unknown)
Script:	North Italic script (Magrè alphabet)
Direction of writing:	dextroverse
Letter height:	66 cm <br /> – 10 cm
Number of letters:	6
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	engraved
Current condition:	damaged
Date of inscription:
Date derived from:
Type:	prob. votive
Language:	unknown
Meaning:	unknown
Alternative sigla:	TM 653611

Images

Bildstelle 1 on UG-1 rock with inscriptions UG-1.1 and UG-1.2.

Inscription UG-1.2.

Commentary

First published in TIR. First print publication in Schumacher 2016: 822–825. Examined by TIR in July 2014.

Image in Mandl 2011: Abb. 135 (photo = Schumacher 2016: Abb. 2).

Length min. 27 cm, running vertically towards the top at about 60 cm from the bottom slightly to the right of the centre of the rock wall, immediately to the right of UG-1.1. It is hard to determine whether it it also framed: the line above the letters may belong to UG-1.1; the line before the first letter may be a natural crack in the rock (see UG-1.1). Traces of a line can be detected beneath the letters , and the two following characters.

The first six letters are fairly well legible despite erosion. and are smaller than the following letters; it is doubtful whether the hasta of extends beyond the bar. is followed by a slightly oblique vertical scratch, which seems to be crossed by a bar in the centre, but this bar extends in a curve through all the way back to and is probably unintentional. The vertical, however, is too short to be a frame line as in UG-1.1. The remains of at least one character follow, but no reading can be offered. See Raetic epigraphy on the typology of Raetic petrographs.

Bibliography

Mandl 2011	Franz Mandl, Felsbilder. Österreich – Bayern: Nördliche Kalkalpen [= Anisa – Verein für alpine Forschung 4], Haus im Ennstal: 2011.