VB·6
From Lexicon Leponticum
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| Reading in transliteration: | kia |
| Reading in original script: |   
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| Object: | VB·6 Ornavasso (bowl) |
| Position: | bottom, outside |
| Orientation: | 180° |
| Direction of writing: | dextroverse |
| Script: | North Italic script (Lepontic alphabet) |
| Letter height: | 1.2–1.4 cm0.472 in <br />0.551 in <br /> |
| Number of letters: | 3 |
| Number of words: | 1 |
| Number of lines: | 1 |
| Workmanship: | scratched after firing |
| Condition: | complete |
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| Archaeological culture: | La Tène D [from object] |
| Date of inscription: | first half of 1st c. BC [from object] |
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| Type: | unknown |
| Language: | prob. Celtic |
| Meaning: | abbreviation (?) |
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| Alternative sigla: | Whatmough 1933 (PID): 309 Solinas 1995: 133 Morandi 2004: 51 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 554 no. 51 |
Images
 Inscription VB·6 from Solinas 1995
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 Patera VB·6 Ornavasso with inscription VB·6
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 Inscription VB·6
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Commentary
First published in Bianchetti 1895: 68 (no. 9), 110. Examined for LexLep on 20th April 2024.
Image in Solinas 1995: tav. LXXIII a (photo).
Inscribed upside-down on the outside bottom of the patera near the rim (length 2.5 cm); the letters are neat and very well preserved. The short sequence kia is most likely an abbreviation of a personal name.
See also Kretschmer 1905: 98, no. 9, Rhŷs 1913: 60, no. 9, Whatmough PID 114 f., no. 309, Tibiletti Bruno 1978: 144, Solinas 1995: 377, no. 133, Piana Agostinetti 1972: 56, 272, tav. XXXI.5, Piana Agostinetti 1997–1999 II: 28, III: no. 243, in IV Morandi 1999b: 318, no. 7.
Bibliography
| Bianchetti 1895 | Enrico Bianchetti, I sepolcreti di Ornavasso [= Atti della Società di Archeologia e Belle Arti della provincia di Torino 6], Torino: Paravia 1895. |
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