VB·8
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| Reading in transliteration: | sa |
| Reading in original script: |  
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| Object: | VB·8 Ornavasso (bottle) |
| Position: | shoulder, outside |
| Orientation: | 0° |
| Direction of writing: | dextroverse |
| Script: | North Italic script (Lepontic alphabet) |
| Letter height: | 0.8–1.1 cm0.315 in <br />0.433 in <br /> |
| Number of letters: | 2 |
| Number of words: | 1 |
| Number of lines: | 1 |
| Workmanship: | scratched after firing |
| Condition: | complete |
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| Archaeological culture: | La Tène C 2 [from object] |
| Date of inscription: | late 2nd c. BC [from object] |
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| Type: | unknown |
| Language: | prob. Celtic |
| Meaning: | abbreviation (?) |
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| Alternative sigla: | Whatmough 1933 (PID): 313 Solinas 1995: 138 Morandi 2004: 53 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 555 no.53 |
Images
 Inscription VB·8 from Solinas
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 Inscription VB·8 and painted band
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Commentary
First published in Bianchetti 1895: 69, 131. Examined for LexLep on 20th April 2024.
Image in Solinas 1995: tav. LXXIII d (photo).
Inscribed on the shoulder of the flask between two decorated bands (length 1.1 cm). The short sequence sa is most likely an abbreviation of a personal name.
See also Kretschmer 1905: 98 sub no. 15, Rhŷs 1913: 60, no. 14, Whatmough PID 116, no. 313, Tibiletti Bruno 1978: 144, Solinas 1995: 378, no. 138, Piana Agostinetti 1972: 83, 272, tav. XXXI.3, Piana Agostinetti 1997–1999 II: 64, III: 140 f., 469, in IV Morandi 1999b: 320, no. 11.
Bibliography
| Bianchetti 1895 | Enrico Bianchetti, I sepolcreti di Ornavasso [= Atti della Società di Archeologia e Belle Arti della provincia di Torino 6], Torino: Paravia 1895. |
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