VB·5

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Inscription
Reading in transliteration:	pou
Reading in original script:
Object:	VB·5 Ornavasso (bottle)
Position:	shoulder, outside
Orientation:	0°
Direction of writing:	dextroverse
Script:	North Italic script (Lepontic alphabet)
Letter height:	2.3–4.7 cm0.906 in <br />1.85 in <br />
Number of letters:	3
Number of words:	1
Number of lines:	1
Workmanship:	scratched after firing
Condition:	complete
Archaeological culture:	La Tène D [from object]
Date of inscription:	first half of 1st c. BC [from object]
Type:	unknown
Language:	prob. Celtic
Meaning:	abbreviation (?)
Alternative sigla:	Whatmough 1933 (PID): 311 Solinas 1995: 135 Morandi 2004: 50
Sources:	Morandi 2004: 553 f. no. 50

Images

Inscription VB·5 from Morandi 1999

Inscription VB·5 from Solinas 1995

Flask VB·5 Ornavasso with inscription VB·5

Detail of VB·5 Ornavasso with inscription VB·5

Commentary

First published in Bianchetti 1895: 68 (no. 12), 127. Examined for LexLep on 20^th April 2024.

Images in Solinas 1995: tav. LXXIII c (photo), Morandi 1999: 171 (drawing).

Inscribed on the shoulder of the flask below one of the white bands (length 5.2 cm); the letters are preserved on the same fragment, neat and unambiguous. The short sequence pou is most likely an abbreviation of a personal name.

See also Rhŷs 1913: 60, no. 12, Whatmough PID 115, no. 311, Tibiletti Bruno 1978: 144, Solinas 1995: 377, no. 135, Morandi 1999: 171, no. 16, Piana Agostinetti 1972: 78, 272, tav. XXXI.6, Piana Agostinetti 1997–1999 II: 42, in IV Morandi 1999b: 316 f.

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.