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|type_inscription=funerary | |type_inscription=funerary | ||
|language= | |language=Celtic | ||
|meaning=' | |meaning='for ... daughter of Uikos' | ||
|culture_archaeological=La Tène B, La Tène C | |||
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|date=4<sup>th</sup>–mid-2<sup>nd</sup> c. BC | |||
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|source_detail=Dell'Era 2018: 152–155 | |source_detail=Dell'Era 2018: 152–155 | ||
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Images in {{bib|Dell'Era 2018}}: 153, fig. 1 (photo) and fig. 2 (drawing). | Images in {{bib|Dell'Era 2018}}: 153, fig. 1 (photo) and fig. 2 (drawing). | ||
The fragment preserves the last word of an inscription written from the bottom toward the top between frame lines (length of the remains ca. 27 cm); the frame ends in a stylised neck and head on top. The lines are about 0.5 cm broad; the letters are well legible. The breaking edge before upsilon crosses the line diagonally, so that it is hard to judge whether a letter was written before it; Dell'Era points out that the distance between the break and upsilon, with 3.5 cm, is wider than the widest distance between the other letters (2.5 cm), and gives a reading with a space before upsilon. No traces of a word separator are visible. In any case, the sequence is likely to represent a complete word, as compound names are not common on the Ticino stelae. The text can be identified a a funerary inscription containing the name of the deceased in the dative, with only the patronym left (and possibly {{w||pala}}, if written between individual name and patronym as in [[TI·27.1]]). | |||
Dating according to the typology of {{bib|De Marinis & Motta 1991}}: 206; cf. also {{bib|Dell'Era 2018}}: 154. | |||
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Revision as of 16:52, 14 October 2023
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| Reading in transliteration: | ]uikalai |
| Reading in original script: |      [
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| Object: | TI·54 Dino ()The following coordinate was not recognized: N, E.The following coordinate was not recognized: N, E. |
| Position: | front |
| Orientation: | 270° |
| Frame: |   ? (left: waisted head, middle: top and bottom, right: unknown)
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| Direction of writing: | sinistroverse |
| Script: | North Italic script (Lepontic alphabet) |
| Letter height: | 4.5–6 cm1.772 in <br />2.362 in <br /> |
| Number of letters: | 7 |
| Number of words: | 1 |
| Number of lines: | 1 |
| Workmanship: | carved |
| Condition: | fragmentary |
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| Archaeological culture: | La Tène B, La Tène C |
| Date of inscription: | 4th–mid-2nd c. BC |
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| Type: | funerary |
| Language: | Celtic |
| Meaning: | 'for ... daughter of Uikos' |
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| Alternative sigla: | none |
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| Sources: | Dell'Era 2018: 152–155 |
Images
 Stela TI·54 Sonvico with inscription TI·54
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Commentary
First published in Dell'Era 2018.
Images in Dell'Era 2018: 153, fig. 1 (photo) and fig. 2 (drawing).
The fragment preserves the last word of an inscription written from the bottom toward the top between frame lines (length of the remains ca. 27 cm); the frame ends in a stylised neck and head on top. The lines are about 0.5 cm broad; the letters are well legible. The breaking edge before upsilon crosses the line diagonally, so that it is hard to judge whether a letter was written before it; Dell'Era points out that the distance between the break and upsilon, with 3.5 cm, is wider than the widest distance between the other letters (2.5 cm), and gives a reading with a space before upsilon. No traces of a word separator are visible. In any case, the sequence is likely to represent a complete word, as compound names are not common on the Ticino stelae. The text can be identified a a funerary inscription containing the name of the deceased in the dative, with only the patronym left (and possibly pala, if written between individual name and patronym as in TI·27.1).
Dating according to the typology of De Marinis & Motta 1991: 206; cf. also Dell'Era 2018: 154.
Bibliography
| Dell’Era 2018 | Romeo Dell'Era, "Una stele con iscrizione celtica individuata a Dino (Lugano, Canton Ticino)", Quaderni Ticinesi di Numismatica e Antichità Classiche 47 (2018), 151–157. |
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| De Marinis & Motta 1991 | Raffaele C. De Marinis, Filippo Motta, "Una nuova iscrizione lepontica su pietra da Mezzovico (Lugano)", Sibrium 21 (1990–1991), 201–225. |
