VN-4

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Inscription
Transliteration:	iuiui
Original script:
Variant Reading:	$
Object:	VN-4 bone (bone)
Position:	centre"centre" 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:	ambiguous
Letter height:	0.90.9 cm <br /> – 1.5 cm
Number of characters:	1 – 5
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	engraved
Current condition:	damaged
Date of inscription:	3rd–1st centuries BC [from object]
Date derived from:	archaeological context [from object]
Language:	unknown
Meaning:	unknown
Alternative sigla:	LIR BZ-25 TM 218522
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 178, 209

Images

Object VN-4 bone with inscription VN-4.

Inscription VN-4.

Commentary

First published in Schumacher 1992: 178, 209.

Picture in Schumacher 2004: Taf. 3,3 (drawing = LIR).

Length 2.5 cm. Only slightly scratched, but well visible. Non-script, possibly even just one symbol (the inner hastea of the chevrons almost touch the central vertical, while the verticals left and right are standing slightly apart). See here for a discussion of possible interpretations of inscriptions with doubtful status. Note that on the inscribed bones from the Ganglegg, the inscriptions with linguistic content are always inscribed on the right-hand side, while the non-inscriptions (cp. VN-5.1 / VN-6, and VN-19) are put in the centre.

Further references: Schumacher 1994: 312 f.

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)