CO·62

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Inscription
Reading in transliteration:	zv ośoris
Reading in original script:
Object:	CO·62 Casate (bottle)
Position:	shoulder, outside
Orientation:	0°
Direction of writing:	sinistroverse
Script:	North Italic script (Lepontic alphabet)
Letter height:	3.1–6.7 cm1.22 in <br />2.638 in <br />
Number of letters:	8
Number of words:	2
Number of lines:	1
Workmanship:	scratched after firing
Condition:	complete, damaged
Archaeological culture:	La Tène D 1 [from object]
Date of inscription:	late 2nd c. BC [from object]
Type:	unknown
Language:	Celtic
Meaning:	'? Ośoris'
Alternative sigla:	Tibiletti Bruno 1981: 25 Solinas 1995: 58 Morandi 2004: 193
Sources:	Morandi 2004: 646 & 647 (fig. 23.193) & 803 (pl. XXVI.193) Morandi 1999: 175-176 Solinas 1995: 341 Tibiletti Bruno 1981: 182-183

Images

Inscription CO·62 from Morandi 2004

Inscription CO·62 from Morandi 2004

Inscription CO·62 from Solinas 1995

Commentary

Images in Negroni Catacchio 1974: tav. I.3 bis (drawing), 181 B (photo = Negroni Catacchio 1975: tav. 170.2), Tibiletti Bruno 1974: 257, fig. 1 (photo and drawing, only of the fragments with most of the inscription on them), Solinas 1995: 341 (drawing), Morandi 1999: 175 (drawing = Morandi 2004: 647, fig. 23.193), tav. XI.2 (photo = Morandi 2004: tav. XXVI.193).

Inscribed in large letters on the shoulder of the bottle (length 15.5 cm); damaged by breaks, but complete. First group of two characters read zv by Tibiletti Bruno 1974: 255–259 f. (digamma because the bars are too short for alpha in this phase and zeta is also archaic anyway) and interpreted as an abbreviation, but alpha is surely more likely. After a gap, reading of ośoris clear (ibid. 259–263), probably a personal name (cf. Tibiletti Bruno 1978: 147). The first two letters are taller (cf. Tibiletti Bruno 1990b: 112), maybe a separate graffito? Cf. the overall similar VB·2. See also Morandi 1999: 174–176, no. 20, Catalogo Celti 1991: 726, no. 300.

Bibliography

Catalogo Celti 1991	Sabatino Moscati, Otto Hermann Frey, Venceslas Kruta, Barry Raftery, Miklòs Szabò (Eds.), I Celti. Catalogo della mostra di palazzo Grassi, Milano: Gruppo Editoriale Fabbri, Bompiani, Sonzogno, Etas 1991.