CO·14

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Inscription
Reading in transliteration:	mei  /  va
Reading in original script:	(turned 180°)
Variant reading:	meiva (single crescent line), mei / va (two words); meki / va (ligature, Tibiletti Bruno)
Object:	CO·14 Rondineto (unidentifiable)
Position:	foot, outside
Orientation:	0°
Direction of writing:	sinistroverse
Script:	North Italic script
Number of letters:	5
Number of words:	1
Number of lines:	2
Workmanship:	scratched after firing
Condition:	complete
Archaeological culture:	unknown [from object]
Date of inscription:	4th century BC [from object]
Type:	unknown
Language:	unknown
Syntactic analysis:	PN?
Meaning:	"Meiva" (?)
Alternative sigla:	Whatmough 1933 (PID): 296 Solinas 1995: 87 Morandi 2004: 161
Sources:	Morandi 2004: 629-630 & 628 (fig. 20.161) & 800 (pl. XXIII.161) Morandi 1999: 179-180 Solinas 1994: 354

Images

Inscription CO·14 meiva

Potsherd CO·14 Rondineto with inscription CO·14 mei / va

Inscription CO·14 mei / va

Drawing of inscription CO·14 mei / va

Drawing of inscription CO·14 mei / va

Commentary

In contrast to Morandi (Morandi 2004: 630) we do not count this inscription as "boustrophedon" since the two lines are both clearly sinistroverse and only oriented bottom to bottom (cf. Morandi 1999: p. 179 ("falso bustrofedismo"), fn. 92 Tibiletti Bruno 1969b: pp. 207-8, nr. 28,Tav. XIII Tibiletti Bruno 1978: p. 147).

• Garovaglio 1883: p. 20, nr. 1, pl. fig. 1
• Whatmough 1933 (PID): 296
• Rhŷs 1913: p. 61, n. 1, 2
• Solinas 1994: p. 354, n. 87
• Morandi 1999: p. 179, n. 27, Pl. XV, 1

Bibliography

Garovaglio 1883	Alfonso Garovaglio, "Segni graffiti impressi, od a vernice traslucido su vasi arcaici delle necropoli di Rondineto, Golasecca, Castelletto Ticino, Coarezza, Montorfano ed Orile", Rivista Archeologica della Provincia di Como 23 (1883), 18–26.