VN-9
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| Transliteration: | lavise |
| Original script: |      
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| Object: | VN-9 bone point (bone) |
| Position: | front |
| Script: | North Italic script (Sanzeno alphabet) |
| Direction of writing: | sinistroverse |
| Letter height: | 0.70.7 cm <br /> – 1 cm |
| Number of letters: | 6 |
| 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] |
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| Language: | Raetic |
| Meaning: | 'Lavise' (PN) |
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| Alternative sigla: | LIR BZ-30 MLR 250 TM 653624 |
| Sources: | Schumacher 2004: 332 |
Images
 Object VN-9 bone point with inscription VN-9.
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 Inscription VN-9.
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Commentary
First published in Schumacher 1994b: 297f.
Image in Schumacher 1994b: Abb. 2 (drawing = Schumacher 2004: Taf. 13,2 = LIR = MLR).
Length 2.2 cm. The letters are small and not too tidily scratched, but well legible and unambiguous.
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) |
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