CO·14

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Inscription
Reading in transliteration:	mei  /  va
Reading in original script:	(turned 180°)
Variant reading:	meiva (single crescent line), mei / va (two words); meki / va (ligature, Tibiletti Bruno)
Object:	CO·14 Rondineto (unidentifiable)
Position:	foot, outside
Orientation:	0°
Direction of writing:	sinistroverse
Script:	North Italic script
Number of letters:	5
Number of words:	1
Number of lines:	2
Workmanship:	scratched after firing
Condition:	complete
Archaeological culture:	unknown [from object]
Date of inscription:	unknown [from object]
Type:	unknown
Language:	unknown
Syntactic analysis:	PN?
Meaning:	"Meiva" (?)
Alternative sigla:	Whatmough 1933 (PID): 296 Solinas 1995: 87 Morandi 2004: 161
Sources:	Morandi 2004: 629-630 & 628 (fig. 20.161) & 800 (pl. XXIII.161) Morandi 1999: 179-180 Solinas 1995: 354

Images

Drawing of inscription CO·14 from Morandi 2004

Potsherd CO·14 Rondineto with inscription CO·14 from Morandi

Drawing of inscription CO·14 from Solinas 1995

Garovaglio's drawing of inscription CO·14 from Tibiletti Bruno 1969b

Tracing of inscription CO·14 from Tibiletti Bruno 1969b

Commentary

In contrast to Morandi (Morandi 2004: 630) we do not count this inscription as "boustrophedon" since the two lines are both clearly sinistroverse and only oriented bottom to bottom (cf. Morandi 1999: p. 179 ("falso bustrofedismo"), fn. 92 Tibiletti Bruno 1969b: pp. 207-8, nr. 28,Tav. XIII Tibiletti Bruno 1978: p. 147).

• Garovaglio 1883: p. 20, nr. 1, pl. fig. 1
• Whatmough 1933 (PID): 296
• Rhŷs 1913: p. 61, n. 1, 2
• Solinas 1995: p. 354, n. 87
• Morandi 1999: p. 179, n. 27, Pl. XV, 1

Bibliography

Garovaglio 1883	Alfonso Garovaglio, "Segni graffiti impressi, od a vernice traslucido su vasi arcaici delle necropoli di Rondineto, Golasecca, Castelletto Ticino, Coarezza, Montorfano ed Orile", Rivista Archeologica della Provincia di Como 23 (1883), 18–26.