VA·12
From Lexicon Leponticum
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| Reading in transliteration: | sur |
| Reading in original script: |   
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| Object: | VA·12 Arsago Seprio (bowl) |
| Position: | bottom, outside |
| Orientation: | 180° |
| Direction of writing: | dextroverse |
| Script: | Latin script |
| Number of letters: | 3 |
| Number of words: | 1 |
| Number of lines: | 1 |
| Workmanship: | scratched |
| Condition: | complete |
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| Archaeological culture: | La Tène D [from object] |
| Date of inscription: | late 2nd–1st c. BC [from object] |
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| Type: | unknown |
| Language: | perhaps Celtic |
| Meaning: | abbreviation (?) |
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| Alternative sigla: | Morandi 2004: 112 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 599 no. 112 |
Images
 Inscription VA·12 from Morandi
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 Inscription VA·12 from Morandi
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 Bowl VA·12 Arsago Seprio with inscription VA·12
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 Inscription VA·12
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Commentary
First published in Volontè Fredini 1990: 68, 72.
Images in Volontè Fredini 1990: 73 (photo), Veronesi 1990: tav. XXIIIa (drawing), Morandi 2004: 603, fig. 16.112 (drawing) and tav. XVII.112 (photo).
Inscribed upside-down on the bottom of the bowl just above the rim of the foot. Sigma and upsilon are ambiguous in terms of alphabet, but rho is clearly Latin. The sequence is likely an abbreviation of a personal name (see the word page).
