CO·54
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| Reading in transliteration: | ]ạev[ |
| Reading in original script: | ]    [
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| Variant reading: | ][ ]ṿev [ (Solinas)
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| Object: | CO·54 Prestino (bowl) |
| Position: | inside |
| Orientation: | 90° |
| Frame: | ? ? (left: unknown, middle: top and bottom, right: unknown)
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| Direction of writing: | dextroverse |
| Script: | North Italic script |
| Number of letters: | 3 |
| Workmanship: | scratched after firing |
| Condition: | fragmentary |
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| Archaeological culture: | Golasecca III A 2–3 [from object] |
| Date of inscription: | mid-5th–early 4th c. BC [from object] |
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| Type: | unknown |
| Language: | prob. Lepontic |
| Syntactic analysis: | none |
| Meaning: | beginning of the alphabet |
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| Alternative sigla: | Solinas 1995: 74 Morandi 2004: 186 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 641 & 643 & 642 (fig. 22.186) & 802 (pl. XXV.186) Morandi 1999: 177-178 & fn. 89 Solinas 1995: 348 |
Images
 Drawing of inscription CO·54 from Morandi 2004
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 Potsherd CO·54 Prestino with inscription CO·54 from Morandi 2004
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Commentary
The top frame line is not observable but the sherd seems to be broken just along the line.
- Morandi 1999: p. 177, n. 24, Pl. XIV, 2
