VA·24
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| Reading in transliteration: | ka |
| Reading in original script: |  
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| Object: | VA·24 Arsago Seprio (bowl) |
| Position: | foot, outside |
| Direction of writing: | dextroverse |
| Script: | North Italic script (Lepontic alphabet) |
| Number of letters: | 2 |
| Number of words: | 1 |
| Number of lines: | 1 |
| Workmanship: | scratched |
| Condition: | complete, damaged |
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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: 124 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 605 f. no. 124 |
Images
 Inscription VA·24 from Morandi
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 Patera St 143581 from Arsago Seprio with Latin inscription
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 Inscription MITR
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 Patera VA·24 Arsago Seprio with inscription VA·24
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 Inscription VA·24
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Commentary
First published in Morandi 2004: 605 f., no. 124.
Images in Morandi 2004: tav. XIX.124 (photo), Rapi 2009c: 538, fig. 1.2 (drawing, though this looks more like VA·18).
Inscribed in clearly legible letters on the foot of the patera. Possibly an abbreviation of a personal name (thus Morandi); see the word page for other attestations of the sequence ka. At the same necropolis are attested another instance of ka (VA·18) on the foot of an unglazed patera and kaio (VA·27) on the bottom of such an object, all dated to La Tène D – a workman's mark?
In the same grave was found a patera (Civico Museo Archeologico (Arsago Seprio), inv. no. St 143581) with a Latin inscription 
mitr, an abbreviation for mitridates (Morandi 2004: 599, images ibid. tav. XXa (photo) and Rapi 2009c: 538, fig. 1.6 (drawing)).
