VA·22
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| Reading in transliteration: | kị |
| Reading in original script: |  
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| Object: | VA·22 Arsago Seprio (cup) |
| Position: | bottom, outside |
| Direction of writing: | dextroverse |
| Script: | unknown |
| 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: | unknown |
| Meaning: | unknown |
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| Alternative sigla: | Morandi 2004: 122 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 605 no. 122 |
Images
 Inscription VA·22 from Morandi
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 Inscription VA·22
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Commentary
First published in Morandi 2004: 605, no. 122.
Image in Morandi 2004: tav. XIX.122 (photo).
Inscribed close to the foot. Morandi reads ḳi, the uncertainty about kappa probably due to the small vertical scratch situated between its bars. Kappa seems quite clear to us, the scratch in question being more likely to belong to the second character – possibly 
? Both ki and ku are (possibly) otherwise attested in the corpus and can be interpreted as abbreviations of personal names (see the word pages), though a non-script mark cannot be excluded.
