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==Commentary==
==Commentary==
Images in {{bib|Bermond Montanari 1980}}: 296 (drawing = {{bib|Sassatelli 2008}}: 338, fig. 13), {{bib|Bermond Montanari 1980b}}: LXXXVII a and b (photos).
Images in {{bib|Bermond Montanari 1980}}: 296 (drawing = {{bib|Sassatelli 2008}}: 338, fig. 13), {{bib|Bermond Montanari 1980b}}: LXXXVII a and b (photos), {{bib|Arcà & Rubat Borel 2024}}: 37, fig. 10 (photo).


Inscribed on the face side and then around the smaller end of the ciottolone (length 37.5 cm); due to surface abrasion on this extremity, the reading of iota and epsilon is uncertain ({{bib|Bermond Montanari 1980}}: 296). {{bib|Colonna 2004}}: 303 assumes that the stone was stood upright, with the inscription running from bottom toward the top rather than from right to left. {{bib|Bermond Montanari 1980}}: 296 dates the inscription palaeographically to the first half of the 5<sup>th</sup> century BC; {{bib|De Simone 1980}}: 198 adds that no syncope has occurred in {{w||nemetieś}}.
Inscribed from the bottom toward the top on the face side and then around the top of the ciottolone (length 37.5 cm); due to surface abrasion on this extremity, the reading of iota and epsilon is uncertain ({{bib|Bermond Montanari 1980}}: 296). {{bib|Bermond Montanari 1980}}: 296 dates the inscription palaeographically to the first half of the 5<sup>th</sup> century BC; {{bib|De Simone 1980}}: 198 adds that no syncope has occurred in {{w||nemetieś}}.


The function of the inscription appears to be unclear – {{bib|Bermond Montanari 1980}}: 296 considers it to be funerary, {{bib|De Simone 1980}}: 198 an owner's inscription, {{bib|Sassatelli 2008}}: 338 a guarantee of weight.
The function of the inscription appears to be unclear – {{bib|Bermond Montanari 1980}}: 296 considers it to be funerary, {{bib|De Simone 1980}}: 198 an owner's inscription, {{bib|Sassatelli 2008}}: 338 a guarantee of weight.
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The personal name {{w||nemetieś}} is noted to be "riscontrabile in area gallo-ligure" by {{bib|Bermond Montanari 1980}}: 296, who compares Gaul. ''νεμητον'' and personal names in ''nam''(''et'')-. More precise {{bib|De Simone 1980}}: 198 f., who identifies the name as a loan from Gaulish; see further on the word page.
The personal name {{w||nemetieś}} is noted to be "riscontrabile in area gallo-ligure" by {{bib|Bermond Montanari 1980}}: 296, who compares Gaul. ''νεμητον'' and personal names in ''nam''(''et'')-. More precise {{bib|De Simone 1980}}: 198 f., who identifies the name as a loan from Gaulish; see further on the word page.


{{bib|Colonna 2004}}: 303 reports an additional character on the back of the stone, resembling a sinistroverse ligature of tau {{c||T2}} and epsilon {{c||E9}}.  
{{bib|Colonna 2004}}: 303 f. reports an additional character on the back of the stone, resembling a sinistroverse ligature of tau {{c||T2}} and epsilon {{c||E9}}.  


See also {{bib|Maggiani 1987}}: 439.
See also {{bib|Maggiani 1987}}: 439.
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Latest revision as of 23:40, 16 March 2025

Inscription
Reading in transliteration: minemetịẹś
Reading in original script: Ś2 sE sI sT9 dE sM sE sN sI sM s

Object: Li 1.2 Genova (gravel)
Position: front
Orientation: 270°
Direction of writing: sinistroverse
Script: Etruscan script
Letter height: 5.5–6 cm2.165 in <br />2.362 in <br />
Number of letters: 10
Number of words: 2
Number of lines: 1
Workmanship: carved
Condition: complete

Archaeological culture: unknown [from object]
Date of inscription: first half of 5th c. BC

Type: unknown
Language: Etruscan
Meaning: 'I (am) of Nemetie'

Alternative sigla: none

Sources: Bermond Montanari 1980: 296 f.

Commentary

Images in Bermond Montanari 1980: 296 (drawing = Sassatelli 2008: 338, fig. 13), Bermond Montanari 1980b: LXXXVII a and b (photos), Arcà & Rubat Borel 2024: 37, fig. 10 (photo).

Inscribed from the bottom toward the top on the face side and then around the top of the ciottolone (length 37.5 cm); due to surface abrasion on this extremity, the reading of iota and epsilon is uncertain (Bermond Montanari 1980: 296). Bermond Montanari 1980: 296 dates the inscription palaeographically to the first half of the 5th century BC; De Simone 1980: 198 adds that no syncope has occurred in nemetieś.

The function of the inscription appears to be unclear – Bermond Montanari 1980: 296 considers it to be funerary, De Simone 1980: 198 an owner's inscription, Sassatelli 2008: 338 a guarantee of weight.

The personal name nemetieś is noted to be "riscontrabile in area gallo-ligure" by Bermond Montanari 1980: 296, who compares Gaul. νεμητον and personal names in nam(et)-. More precise De Simone 1980: 198 f., who identifies the name as a loan from Gaulish; see further on the word page.

Colonna 2004: 303 f. reports an additional character on the back of the stone, resembling a sinistroverse ligature of tau T2 s and epsilon E9 s.

See also Maggiani 1987: 439.

Corinna Salomon

Bibliography

Bermond Montanari 1980 Giovanna Bermond Montanari, "Genua [REE]", Studi Etruschi 47 (1979 [1980]), 296–297.
Bermond Montanari 1980b Giovanna Bermond Montanari, "Genova, Colle di Castello", Studi Etruschi 47 (1979 [1980]), 530–531.
Colonna 2004 Giovanni Colonna, "Catalogo delle iscrizioni preromane di Genova", in: Raffaele C. de Marinis, Giuseppina Spadea, I Liguri. Un antico popolo europeo tra Alpi e Mediterraneo, Milano: Skira 2004, 302–307.
De Simone 1980 Carlo de Simone, "Gallisch '*Nemeti̯os – etruskisch Nemetie", Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung 94 (1980), 198–202.