VR-8

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Inscription
Transliteration:	i?θ
Original script:	?
Object:	VR-8 bone (bone)
Position:	front
Script:	unknown
Direction of writing:	ambiguous
Letter height:	0.8 cm
Number of characters:	3
Number of lines:	1
Craftsmanship:	engraved
Current condition:	complete
Date of inscription:	4th–3rd centuries BC [from object]
Date derived from:	archaeological context [from object]
Language:	unknown
Meaning:	unknown
Alternative sigla:	MLR 293 TM 653638

Commentary

First published in Marinetti 2004: 412 (no. 3). Autopsied by TIR on 17^th November 2015.

Images in Marinetti 2004: 412 (drawing), MLR (photo).

Length 1.3 cm; very faintly engraved. Marchesini reads , which is essentially correct. A short oblique scratch in the lower area extends from the second vertical on the right. In any case, non- or pseudo-script. See Non-script notational systems.

Bibliography

Marinetti 2004	Anna Marinetti, "Nuove iscrizioni retiche dall'area veronese", Studi Etruschi 70 (2004), 408–420.