VN-13

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Inscription
Transliteration:	muṇịe
Original script:
Object:	VN-13 bone (bone)
Position:	left-hand side"left-hand side" 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:	1.1 cm
Number of letters:	4 – 5
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	engraved
Current condition:	complete, damaged
Date of inscription:	3rd–1st centuries BC [from object]
Date derived from:	archaeological context [from object]
Language:	unknown
Meaning:	unknown
Alternative sigla:	TM 653628
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 323

Images

Object VN-13 bone with inscription VN-13.

Object VN-13 bone with inscription VN-13.

Inscription VN-13.

Commentary

First published in Schumacher 2004: 323.

Pictures in Steiner & Gamper 1999: Taf. 9,12 and Schumacher 2004: Taf. 13,1 (drawing).

Length 2.7 cm. Rather faintly scratched. Initial is well legible; of inverted , only the hasta and the touching point of the two bars are well visible – the rest of the angle can only be guessed at. Between and , a short oblique scratch is visible, read i by Schumacher. The letter might have been left out and added as an afterthought (cp. lavisie vs. lavise in VN-1). If this reading is correct, the auslaut -ie suggests an interpretation of the sequence as a Raetic individual name munie.