VA·14
From Lexicon Leponticum
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| Reading in transliteration: | ạt |
| Reading in original script: |  
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| Object: | VA·14 Arsago Seprio (bowl) |
| Position: | bottom, outside |
| Orientation: | 180° |
| Direction of writing: | sinistroverse |
| Script: | North Italic script (Lepontic alphabet) |
| Letter height: | 2.3–3.5 cm0.906 in <br />1.378 in <br /> |
| Number of letters: | 2 |
| Number of words: | 1 |
| Number of lines: | 1 |
| Workmanship: | scratched |
| Condition: | complete |
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| Archaeological culture: | Augustan [from object] |
| Date of inscription: | late 1st c. BC [from object] |
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| Type: | unknown |
| Language: | perhaps Celtic |
| Meaning: | abbreviation (?) |
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| Alternative sigla: | Morandi 2004: 114 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 600 no. 114 |
Images
 Inscription VA·14 from Morandi
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 Patera VA·14 Arsago Seprio with inscription VA·14
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 Inscription VA·14
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Commentary
First published in Volontè Fredini 1990: 71. Examined for LexLep on 30th April 2022.
Images in Veronesi 1990: tav. XVIIIa (drawing), Morandi 2004: tav. XVI.114 (photo).
Inscribed upside-down on the bottom of the patera, close to the rim of the foot (length 2.7 cm); today on two fragments. Both Volontè Fredini and Morandi read et, the latter comparing VA·23 etu at the same necropolis, but the putative middle bar is merely one of multiple thin unintentional scratches across the letters (thus also Solinas 1994: 384). at may be an abbreviation of a personal name, see the word page.
