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{{inscription
{{inscription
|reading=cesii
|reading=cesii
|reading_lepontic=unknown
|reading_lepontic={{c|C||d}}{{c|E|E7|d}}    {{c|S}}{{c|I||d}}{{c|I||d}}
|reading_variant={{w|cese}}
|direction=dextroverse
|direction=dextroverse
|letter_height_min=0
|letter_height_min=0.5 cm
|letter_number_min=4
|letter_height_max=1.1 cm
|letter_number_max=5
|letter_number_min=5
|word_number=1
|word_number=1
|line_number=1
|line_number=1
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|script=Latin script
|script=Latin script
|object=VB·12 Ornavasso
|object=VB·12 Ornavasso
|position=inside
|position=bottom, inside
|workmanship=scratched after firing
|workmanship=scratched after firing
|condition=unknown
|condition=complete
|type_inscription=unknown
|type_inscription=prob. mark of possessor
|language=unknown
|language=Celtic
|meaning=unknown
|linguistic_ascription=perhaps
|meaning='of Cesios' (?)
|whatmough=317
|whatmough=317
|morandi=57
|morandi=57
|source_detail=Morandi 2004: 558 no. 57
|source_detail=Morandi 2004: 558 no. 57
|checklevel=2
|checklevel=1
|problem=Position (''intorno al tondello''?), Originalbuchstaben
|problem=literature
}}
}}
==Commentary==
==Commentary==
First published in '''{{bib|Bianchetti 1895}}: 283'''.
First published in {{bib|Bianchetti 1895}}: 68 (no. 6), 283. Examined for LexLep on 20<sup>th</sup> April 2024.


{{bib|Kretschmer 1905}}: 98, no. 6, {{bib|Rhŷs 1913}}: 60, no. 6 ''cese'', {{bib|Herbig 1906}}: 195, n. 2 ''cesii'', thus also {{bib|Danielsson 1909}}: 31, n. 3, and aggressively Whatmough {{bib|PID}} 118, no. 317; uncertain {{bib|Morandi 2004}}: 558, no. 57.
Inscribed on the inside bottom of the small vessel, with {{c||C|d}}{{c||E7|d}} on one and {{c||S}}{{c||I|d}}{{c||I|d}} on the other side of the decorative circle which surrounds the stamp in the centre. The reading as a single word ''cese'' (Bianchetti, {{bib|Kretschmer 1905}}: 98, {{bib|Rhŷs 1913}}: 60) or {{w||cesii}} ({{bib|Herbig 1906}}: 195, n. 2, {{bib|Danielsson 1909}}: 31, n. 3, Whatmough {{bib|PID}} 118, no. 317; uncertain {{bib|Morandi 2004}}: 558, no. 57) is found in all publications, though the reason for the arrangement is not evident – the whole sequence would easily have fit if written along the side. If read as one word, {{w||cesii}} is preferable: the two verticals at the end are smaller, as if to indicate that they should be read differently than the two full-length verticals of cursive epsilon {{c||E7|d}}; genitives are overall prevalent in the Latin graffiti from [[In Persona]]. For this reason and because the document was found in the same grave as at least one, probably two other inscriptions ([[VB·13]], [[VB·11]]), {{w||cesii}} is likely an owner's inscription.


See also '''{{bib|Piana Agostinetti 1972}}: ???''', '''{{bib|Piana Agostinetti 1997–1999}} II: 140, n. 2004, III: 404, no. 2004, in IV {{bib|Morandi 1999b}}: 325, no. 16'''.
See also '''{{bib|Piana Agostinetti 1972}}: ???''', '''{{bib|Piana Agostinetti 1997–1999}} II: 140, n. 2004, III: 404, no. 2004, in IV {{bib|Morandi 1999b}}: 325, no. 16'''.
<p style="text-align:right;>[[User:Corinna Salomon|Corinna Salomon]]</p>
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Latest revision as of 21:06, 22 June 2024

Inscription
Reading in transliteration: cesii
Reading in original script: C dE7 d    S sI dI d

Object: VB·12 Ornavasso (cup)
Position: bottom, inside
Direction of writing: dextroverse
Script: Latin script
Letter height: 0.5–1.1 cm0.197 in <br />0.433 in <br />
Number of letters: 5
Number of words: 1
Number of lines: 1
Workmanship: scratched after firing
Condition: complete

Archaeological culture: Roman imperial period [from object]
Date of inscription: 55–90 AD [from object]

Type: prob. mark of possessor
Language: perhaps Celtic
Meaning: 'of Cesios' (?)

Alternative sigla: Whatmough 1933 (PID): 317
Morandi 2004: 57

Sources: Morandi 2004: 558 no. 57

Commentary

First published in Bianchetti 1895: 68 (no. 6), 283. Examined for LexLep on 20th April 2024.

Inscribed on the inside bottom of the small vessel, with C dE7 d on one and S sI dI d on the other side of the decorative circle which surrounds the stamp in the centre. The reading as a single word cese (Bianchetti, Kretschmer 1905: 98, Rhŷs 1913: 60) or cesii (Herbig 1906: 195, n. 2, Danielsson 1909: 31, n. 3, Whatmough PID 118, no. 317; uncertain Morandi 2004: 558, no. 57) is found in all publications, though the reason for the arrangement is not evident – the whole sequence would easily have fit if written along the side. If read as one word, cesii is preferable: the two verticals at the end are smaller, as if to indicate that they should be read differently than the two full-length verticals of cursive epsilon E7 d; genitives are overall prevalent in the Latin graffiti from In Persona. For this reason and because the document was found in the same grave as at least one, probably two other inscriptions (VB·13, VB·11), cesii is likely an owner's inscription.

See also Piana Agostinetti 1972: ???, Piana Agostinetti 1997–1999 II: 140, n. 2004, III: 404, no. 2004, in IV Morandi 1999b: 325, no. 16.

Corinna Salomon

Bibliography

Bianchetti 1895 Enrico Bianchetti, I sepolcreti di Ornavasso [= Atti della Società di Archeologia e Belle Arti della provincia di Torino 6], Torino: Paravia 1895.
Danielsson 1909 Olof August Danielsson, Zu den venetischen und lepontischen Inschriften [= Skrifter utgivna av Kungliga Humanistiska Vetenskaps-Samfundet i Uppsala 13.1], Uppsala – Leipzig: 1909.