sa
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| Attestation: | CO·23.2 (ṣa), VA·28.2 (as), VB·8 (sa) (3) | ||
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| Language: | perhaps Celtic | ||
| Word Type: | prob. proper noun | ||
| Semantic Field: | prob. personal name |
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| Grammatical Categories: | indeterminable | ||
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| Morphemic Analysis: | unknown | ||
| Phonemic Analysis: | /sa/ā/° | ||
| Meaning: | abbreviation (?) | ||
Commentary
Reading uncertain in VA·28.2.
The short sequence is most probably an abbreviation of a personal name – cf. especially sasamos, sapsutai and sabi (less likely, as Latin) at the same site, though any other of the myriad Gaulish names in sa° (see Delamarre 2007: 157–162) are possible.
Bibliography
| Delamarre 2007 | Xavier Delamarre, Noms de personnes celtiques dans l'épigraphie classique. Nomina Celtica Antiqua Selecta Inscriptionum, Paris: Errance 2007. |
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