VN-8

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Inscription
Transliteration:	χarisθu
Original script:
Variant Reading:	χaris θu
Object:	VN-8 bone (bone)
Position:
Script:	North Italic script (Sanzeno alphabet)
Direction of writing:	sinistroverse
Letter height:	1.1 cm
Number of letters:	5 – 7
Number of characters:	7
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	engraved
Current condition:	complete
Archaeological culture:	La Tène C, La Tène D [from object]
Date of inscription:	3rd–1st centuries BC [from object]
Date derived from:	archaeological context [from object]
Language:	unknown
Meaning:	unknown
Alternative sigla:	LIR BZ-29 MLR 249 TM 653623
Sources:	Schumacher 2004: 322

Images

Object VN-8 bone with inscription VN-8.

Inscription VN-8.

Commentary

First published in Schumacher 1994b: 296f.

Image in Schumacher 1994b: Abb. 1 (drawing = Schumacher 2004: Taf. 12,4 = LIR = MLR).

Length 4.5 cm. Inscribed with care; the lines are scratched in two parts, each from the outer end inward. The reading of the letters is unambiguous. A slightly bigger gap separates from ; appear a little broader and more spaced out than the other letters. While this may be coincidence, a discrete sequence χaris could be analysed as a Raetic individual name χari in the genitive. Cp. VN-16 with a similar sequence sans , VN-17 with a final separated from the preceding sequence by a punctuation mark, and VN-10 / VN-11 with a group at the end of the inscription, also separated. Cp. also SZ-2.2 with possible χari.

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)