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|reading_variant= | |reading_variant={{w|ap}} | ||
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|corpus=Cisalpine Celtic | |corpus=Cisalpine Celtic | ||
|script=North Italic script | |script=North Italic script | ||
|script_certainty= | |script_certainty=prob. | ||
|object=CO·47 Breccia | |object=CO·47 Breccia | ||
|position=foot, outside | |position=foot, outside | ||
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|type_inscription=unknown | |type_inscription=unknown | ||
|language=Celtic | |language=Celtic | ||
|linguistic_ascription= | |linguistic_ascription=prob. | ||
|meaning=abbreviation (?) | |meaning=abbreviation (?) | ||
|whatmough=278 bis | |whatmough=278 bis | ||
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|source_detail=Morandi 2004: 638 no. 179 | |source_detail=Morandi 2004: 638 no. 179 | ||
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|problem= | |problem=das A kann wohl weg | ||
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==Commentary== | ==Commentary== | ||
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Images in {{bib|Baserga 1931}}: 60, fig. 8 (photo), {{bib|Tibiletti Bruno 1969b}}: tav. 28 (photo). | Images in {{bib|Baserga 1931}}: 60, fig. 8 (photo), {{bib|Tibiletti Bruno 1969b}}: tav. 28 (photo). | ||
Two characters inscribed on the outside foot of the bowl. Baserga read {{w||la}}, ditto Whatmough {{bib|PID}}: 629, no. 278 bis (Addenda). {{bib|Tibiletti Bruno 1969b}}: 235 f., no. 78, observes that, while dextroverse alpha {{c||A10|d}} is clear, the sinistroverse letter to its left may be pi {{c||P}} as well as lambda {{c||L2}} or even upsilon {{c||U9}}, and the order in which the letters should be read is not evident. She suggests that the letters were intentionally made more similar and arranged symmetrically. While this seems quite possible e.g. for an abbreviation which served as a factory mark (cf. the triangular arrangement in [[CO·39]]), the inscription is older than the others from the Como area, and may only be script-like. All the possible short sequences ({{w||pa}}, {{w||ap}}, {{w||la}}, {{w||al}}) except the ones with upsilon ({{w||ua}}, {{w||au}}) are otherwise attested in the corpus; a reading of the left-hand side character as pi is most plausible, since there are no clear cases of inverted lambda or upsilon at Como (cf. [[CO·66]]); Solinas and Morandi both consider {{w||pa}} or {{w||ua}}. | |||
{{bibliography}} | {{bibliography}} | ||
Latest revision as of 12:04, 16 November 2024
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| Reading in transliteration: | pa |
| Reading in original script: |  
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| Variant reading: | ap |
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| Object: | CO·47 Breccia (bowl) |
| Position: | foot, outside |
| Direction of writing: | ambiguous |
| Script: | prob. North Italic script |
| Number of letters: | 2 |
| Number of words: | 1 |
| Number of lines: | 1 |
| Workmanship: | scratched after firing |
| Condition: | complete |
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| Archaeological culture: | Golasecca II [from object] |
| Date of inscription: | 6th c. BC [from object] |
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| Type: | unknown |
| Language: | prob. Celtic |
| Meaning: | abbreviation (?) |
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| Alternative sigla: | Whatmough 1933 (PID): 278 bis Solinas 1995: 54 Morandi 2004: 179 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 638 no. 179 |
Images
 CO·47 Breccia with inscription CO·47 from Tibiletti Bruno 1969b
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Commentary
First published in Baserga 1931: 61.
Images in Baserga 1931: 60, fig. 8 (photo), Tibiletti Bruno 1969b: tav. 28 (photo).
Two characters inscribed on the outside foot of the bowl. Baserga read la, ditto Whatmough PID: 629, no. 278 bis (Addenda). Tibiletti Bruno 1969b: 235 f., no. 78, observes that, while dextroverse alpha is clear, the sinistroverse letter to its left may be pi as well as lambda 
or even upsilon 
, and the order in which the letters should be read is not evident. She suggests that the letters were intentionally made more similar and arranged symmetrically. While this seems quite possible e.g. for an abbreviation which served as a factory mark (cf. the triangular arrangement in CO·39), the inscription is older than the others from the Como area, and may only be script-like. All the possible short sequences (pa, ap, la, al) except the ones with upsilon (ua, au) are otherwise attested in the corpus; a reading of the left-hand side character as pi is most plausible, since there are no clear cases of inverted lambda or upsilon at Como (cf. CO·66); Solinas and Morandi both consider pa or ua.
Bibliography
| Baserga 1931 | Giovanni Baserga, "Recenti scoperte in comune di Breccia", Rivista Archeologica dell'Antica Provincia e Diocesi di Como. Antichità ed Arte 102–104 (1931), 53–61. |
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