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== Commentary == | == Commentary == | ||
First published in {{bib| | First published in {{bib|Dell’Era 2018}}. Examined for LexLep on 16<sup>th</sup> October 2023. | ||
Images in {{bib| | 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. 30 cm); the frame ends in a stylised neck and head on top (width 10 cm, 6.5 cm at the neck). 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]]). | The fragment preserves the last word of an inscription written from the bottom toward the top between frame lines (length of the remains ca. 30 cm); the frame ends in a stylised neck and head on top (width 10 cm, 6.5 cm at the neck). 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| | Dating according to the typology of {{bib|De Marinis & Motta 1991}}: 206; cf. also {{bib|Dell’Era 2018}}: 154. | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:40, 26 July 2024
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Reading in transliteration: | ]uikalai |
Reading in original script: | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Object: | TI·54 Sonvico (stela) |
Position: | front |
Orientation: | 270° |
Frame: | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Direction of writing: | sinistroverse |
Script: | North Italic script (Lepontic alphabet) |
Letter height: | 6–8 cm2.362 in <br />3.15 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 |
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Commentary
First published in Dell’Era 2018. Examined for LexLep on 16th October 2023.
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. 30 cm); the frame ends in a stylised neck and head on top (width 10 cm, 6.5 cm at the neck). 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. |