PV·4

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Inscription
Reading in transliteration:	eripoχios
Reading in original script:	Χ4 s
Object:	PV·4 Gropello Cairoli (bowl)
Position:	foot, outside
Orientation:	0°
Direction of writing:	sinistroverse
Script:	North Italic script
Letter height:	0.5–2.5 cm0.197 in <br />0.984 in <br />
Number of letters:	9
Number of words:	1
Number of lines:	1
Workmanship:	scratched after firing
Condition:	complete
Archaeological culture:	unknown [from object]
Date of inscription:	(end of) 2nd century BC [from object]
Type:	prob. mark of possessor
Language:	Cisalpine Gaulish
Syntactic analysis:	NP
Meaning:	"Eripoχios" (name)
Alternative sigla:	Tibiletti Bruno 1981: 31 Solinas 1995: 112 Morandi 2004: 104
Sources:	Morandi 2004: 592 & 593 (fig. 15.104) Morandi 1999: 185-187 Solinas 1995: 368 Tibiletti Bruno 1965b: 559-573 Tibiletti Bruno 1981: 186-187

Commentary

Shape of the characters is singular, with tendence to cursive (Morandi 1999: 185-186, he also remarks, that after the photography it seems to be written into the still moist clay, although Tibiletti Bruno 1978 (?) speaks of scratched after burning). Tibiletti Bruno notes that the reading ericofios in the Catalogo Museo Da Vinci 1959 (p. 21) is "naturally erroneous" (Tibiletti Bruno 1981: 187). For discussion about the shape of the characters see Tibiletti Bruno 1965b: 562-564, fn. 14, fn. 15, fn. 16 (especially regarding the χ).

• Tibiletti Bruno 1975: p. 54
• Mirabella Roberti & Pirani 1959
• RIG: II.1 p. 38
• Solinas 1995: p. 368, n.112
• Morandi 1999: p. 185, n.34, Pl. XVI, 3

Bibliography

Catalogo Museo Da Vinci 1959	Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnica "Leonardo da Vinci", Mostra Storica delle Arti Grafiche, Milano: Museo Nazionale "Leonardo da Vinci" 1959. (catalogo)