VN-17
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| Transliteration: | ]ḳe·θu |
| Original script: |      [
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| Object: | VN-17 bone (bone) |
| Position: | outside |
| Script: | North Italic script |
| Direction of writing: | sinistroverse |
| Letter height: | 1.11.1 cm <br /> – 1.4 cm |
| Number of letters: | 2 – 4 |
| Number of characters: | 5 |
| Number of lines: | 1 |
| Craftsmanship: | engraved |
| Current condition: | fragmentary |
| Date of inscription: | 3rd–1st centuries BC [from object] |
| Date derived from: | archaeological context [from object] |
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| Language: | unknown |
| Meaning: | unknown |
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| Alternative sigla: | TM 653633 |
Images
 Object VN-17 bone with inscription VN-17.
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Commentary
Unpublished.
Length of the remains 4.5 cm. Inscribed on a bone or antler handle, running towards the broader end. The lines are thin and black on the calcined surface, but well visible. The first letter is rather than : The bars are crossing on the right, but a hasta is visible along the breaking edge. For the sequence , here separated and written in very broad characters, cp. VN-8. ke may well be the final part of an individual name.
