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First published in '''{{bib|Mirabella Roberti 1962}}: VIII, no. 940'''.
First published in '''{{bib|Mirabella Roberti 1962}}: VIII, no. 940'''.


Images in {{bib|Tibiletti Bruno 1964}}: '''tav. (photo)''', [https://db.edcs.eu/epigr/bilder.php?s_language=en&bild=$MAAR-2022-42_00001.jpg;PH0001388;PH0001389 Clauss-Slaby] (drawing and photos, the latter = [https://cil.bbaw.de/ace/id/1461 CIL Archivum Corporis Electronicum]).
Images in {{bib|Tibiletti Bruno 1964}}: tav. V, fig. 1 and 2 (photos = [https://db.edcs.eu/epigr/bilder.php?s_language=en&bild=$MAAR-2022-42_00001.jpg;PH0001388;PH0001389 Clauss-Slaby] = [https://cil.bbaw.de/ace/id/1461 CIL Archivum Corporis Electronicum]), [https://db.edcs.eu/epigr/bilder.php?s_language=en&bild=$MAAR-2022-42_00001.jpg;PH0001388;PH0001389 Clauss-Slaby] (drawing, source not indicated).


According to Morandi, the inscription was only found in the early 1960s after a restauration of the object. Inscribed in tiny letters formed of dots, on the outside directly beneath the rim of the cup, all from one hand according to {{bib|Tibiletti Bruno 1964}}: 185 (with a detailed description). A discussion of the two onomastic elements ibid. 185–188: {{w||uecon}} seems to be abbreviated with a single dot, but not {{w||irumeli}}; since an abbreviation of ''filius'' is absent, TB concludes that both names are in the genitive: ''uecon''(''is'') ''irumeli'' 'of Ueco Irumelius', an owner's inscription. She seems to assume that ''irumelius'' is in essence an old patronym in a not yet Latinised name formula, but in that case ''irumeli'' could as well be a genitival patronym going with an individual name in the nominative ''uecon(i)us''. On the Latin indication of the cup's weight see p. 188: ''p'' stands for ''pondo'' 'weight', ''s:'' (''s='') for ''bes'' (two thirds of a libra), ''sc'' for ''scrupula'' (1/24 of an uncia), followed by the numeral ''II'' 'two' – 218.3 g + 2 x 1.14 g = 220.6 g, about 10 g more than the damaged cup's current weight.
According to Morandi, the inscription was only found in the early 1960s after a restauration of the object. Inscribed in tiny letters formed of dots, on the outside directly beneath the rim of the cup, all from one hand according to {{bib|Tibiletti Bruno 1964}}: 185 (with a detailed description). A discussion of the two onomastic elements ibid. 185–188: {{w||uecon}} seems to be abbreviated with a single dot, but not {{w||irumeli}}; since an abbreviation of ''filius'' is absent, TB concludes that both names are in the genitive: ''uecon''(''is'') ''irumeli'' 'of Ueco Irumelius', an owner's inscription. She seems to assume that ''irumelius'' is in essence an old patronym in a not yet Latinised name formula, but in that case ''irumeli'' could as well be a genitival patronym going with an individual name in the nominative ''uecon(i)us''. On the Latin indication of the cup's weight see p. 188: ''p'' stands for ''pondo'' 'weight', ''s:'' (''s='') for ''bes'' (two thirds of a libra), ''sc'' for ''scrupula'' (1/24 of an uncia), followed by the numeral ''II'' 'two' – 218.3 g + 2 x 1.14 g = 220.6 g, about 10 g more than the damaged cup's current weight.

Latest revision as of 19:35, 15 December 2024

Inscription
Reading in transliteration: uecon : irumeli ps : sc : II
Reading in original script: U dE4 dC dO2 dN6 dseparator dspace sI dR6 dU dM6 dE4 dL3 dI dspace sP5 dS6 dseparator2 dspace sS6 dC dseparator d1 (character) d1 (character) d

Object: PV·5 Zerbo (cup)
Position: outside, wall
Orientation:
Direction of writing: dextroverse
Script: Latin script
Letter height: 0.08–0.15 cm0.0315 in <br />0.0591 in <br />
Number of letters: 16
Number of words: 5
Number of lines: 1
Workmanship: pecked
Condition: complete

Archaeological culture: unknown [from object]
Date of inscription: 1st c. BC (?) [from object]

Type: unknown
Language: Latin
Meaning: 'of Ueco Irumel(i)os (?), weight 1 bes 2 scripula'

Alternative sigla: Morandi 2004: 105

Sources: Morandi 2004: 592–594

Commentary

First published in Mirabella Roberti 1962: VIII, no. 940.

Images in Tibiletti Bruno 1964: tav. V, fig. 1 and 2 (photos = Clauss-Slaby = CIL Archivum Corporis Electronicum), Clauss-Slaby (drawing, source not indicated).

According to Morandi, the inscription was only found in the early 1960s after a restauration of the object. Inscribed in tiny letters formed of dots, on the outside directly beneath the rim of the cup, all from one hand according to Tibiletti Bruno 1964: 185 (with a detailed description). A discussion of the two onomastic elements ibid. 185–188: uecon seems to be abbreviated with a single dot, but not irumeli; since an abbreviation of filius is absent, TB concludes that both names are in the genitive: uecon(is) irumeli 'of Ueco Irumelius', an owner's inscription. She seems to assume that irumelius is in essence an old patronym in a not yet Latinised name formula, but in that case irumeli could as well be a genitival patronym going with an individual name in the nominative uecon(i)us. On the Latin indication of the cup's weight see p. 188: p stands for pondo 'weight', s: (s=) for bes (two thirds of a libra), sc for scrupula (1/24 of an uncia), followed by the numeral II 'two' – 218.3 g + 2 x 1.14 g = 220.6 g, about 10 g more than the damaged cup's current weight.

The name ueco° may be Celtic (cf. ueca at Levo), while irumeli may be Ligurian; see further on the word pages.

Bibliography

AE Various authors, L'année épigraphique, Paris: 1888–.
CIL Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum. (17 volumes, various supplements)