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Image in {{bib|Müller 1913}}: tav. V (drawing). | Image in {{bib|Müller 1913}}: tav. V (drawing). | ||
Inscribed in three lines in the upper area of the stela (length line 1 46 cm, line 2 48.5 cm; distance from top 22 cm). The script is Latin | Inscribed in three lines in the upper area of the stela (length line 1 46 cm, line 2 48.5 cm; distance from top 22 cm); lines 1 and 2 are written between two horizontal frame lines (distance 24 cm). The script is Latin, the letters are executed with serifs. Remnants of red paint have recently been detected in the grooves of the letters and will be tested to determine whether they are ancient (Elisa Lanza p.c.). | ||
The text is a Latinised name formula with individual name and filiation; both names are etymologically Celtic (see the word pages). | The text is a Latinised name formula with individual name and filiation; both names are etymologically Celtic (see the word pages). | ||
Revision as of 22:35, 10 May 2024
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| Reading in transliteration: | leucuro / moconis / f |
| Reading in original script: |             
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| Object: | VB·21 Verbania (stela) |
| Position: | top |
| Orientation: | 0° |
| Direction of writing: | dextroverse |
| Script: | Latin script |
| Letter height: | 6.5–11 cm2.559 in <br />4.331 in <br /> |
| Number of letters: | 15 |
| Number of words: | 3 |
| Number of lines: | 3 |
| Workmanship: | carved |
| Condition: | complete |
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| Archaeological culture: | Augustan, Tiberian [from object] |
| Date of inscription: | late 1st c. BC–early 1st c. AD [from object] |
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| Type: | funerary |
| Language: | Latin |
| Meaning: | 'Leucuro son of Moco' |
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| Alternative sigla: | Tibiletti Bruno 1981: 15 c Morandi 2004: 64 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 563 no. 64 |
Images
 Stela VB·21 Verbania with inscription VB·21
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 Inscription VB·21
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Commentary
First published in Poggi 1886: 129–131, 156 f. Examined for LexLep on 20th April 2024.
Image in Müller 1913: tav. V (drawing).
Inscribed in three lines in the upper area of the stela (length line 1 46 cm, line 2 48.5 cm; distance from top 22 cm); lines 1 and 2 are written between two horizontal frame lines (distance 24 cm). The script is Latin, the letters are executed with serifs. Remnants of red paint have recently been detected in the grooves of the letters and will be tested to determine whether they are ancient (Elisa Lanza p.c.).
The text is a Latinised name formula with individual name and filiation; both names are etymologically Celtic (see the word pages).
See also Poggi 1887: 82 f., Barocelli 1918: 89 f., Tibiletti Bruno 1978c: 26, Tibiletti Bruno 1981: 169, no. 15c.
Bibliography
| Barocelli 1918 | Pietro Barocelli, "III. Zoverallo. Necropoli di età romana. Scoperta di un nuova tomba", Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità 15 (1918), 88–90. |
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