CO·74
From Lexicon Leponticum
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| Reading in transliteration: | prn |
| Reading in original script: |   
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| Object: | CO·74 Brunate (bowl) |
| Position: | bottom, outside |
| Orientation: | 180° |
| Direction of writing: | sinistroverse |
| Script: | North Italic script (Lepontic alphabet) |
| Number of letters: | 3 |
| Number of words: | 1 |
| Number of lines: | 1 |
| Workmanship: | scratched after firing |
| Condition: | complete |
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| Archaeological culture: | Golasecca III A 3 [from object] |
| Date of inscription: | early 4th c. BC [from object] |
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| Type: | unknown |
| Language: | perhaps Celtic |
| Meaning: | abbreviation (?) |
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| Alternative sigla: | Solinas 1995: 55 Morandi 2004: 201 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 650 no. 201 |
Images
 Inscription CO·74 prn
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Commentary
First published in Frigerio 1970-3: 66-76, no. 3.
Images in Frigerio 1970-3: fig. 2, tav. I, Tibiletti Bruno 1977b: 120 (drawing), Morandi 2004: 656, fig. 24.201 (drawing).
Inscribed upside-down on the bottom of the patera; the readings appears to be unambiguous. See Tibiletti Bruno 1977b: 120–122, no. 104 c, De Marinis 1986: 75, no. 7, Gambari & Colonna 1988: 163, no. 12, Tibiletti Bruno 1990b: 111.
Bibliography
| De Marinis 1986 | Raffaele De Marinis, "Lingua e alfabeto", in: Various authors, Como fra Etruschi e Celti, Como: Società Archeologica Comense 1986. (Catalogo della mostra), 73–76. |
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| Frigerio 1970-3 | Giancarlo Frigerio, "Nuove Acquisizioni Storico-Archeologiche da una Tomba di Brunate", Rivista Archeologica della Provincia di Como 152-155 (1970-1973), 65-76. |
| Gambari & Colonna 1988 | Filippo Maria Gambari, Giovanni Colonna, "Il bicchiere con iscrizione arcaica da Castelletto Ticino e l'adozione della scrittura nell'Italia nord-occidentale", Studi Etruschi 54 (1986 [1988]), 119–164. |
