VR·26
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| Reading in transliteration: | toutoris |
| Reading in original script: |      
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| Object: | VR·26 Verona (vase) |
| Position: | shoulder, outside |
| Orientation: | 0° |
| Direction of writing: | dextroverse |
| Script: | North Italic script |
| Letter height: | 2–1.5 cm0.787 in <br />0.591 in <br /> |
| Number of letters: | 8 |
| Number of words: | 1 |
| Number of lines: | 1 |
| Workmanship: | scratched after firing |
| Condition: | complete |
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| Archaeological culture: | La Tène D [from object] |
| Date of inscription: | 150–50 BC [from object] |
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| Type: | prob. mark of possessor |
| Language: | Cisalpine Gaulish |
| Syntactic analysis: | NP |
| Meaning: | 'Toutoriχs' |
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| Alternative sigla: | none |
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| Sources: | Marchesini & Stifter 2018: 153 (no. 3) |
Commentary
First published in Solinas 2016: 376 (no. 3).
Images in Solinas 2016: tav. LV b; Marchesini & Stifter 2018: fig. 4.5.3 (photo and drawing).
Length of inscription 10 cm. Omicron is full-height in both instances, probably due to influence from Latin writing (Marchesini & Stifter 2018: 145). The angles of final sigma are not very pronounced, but the reading is supported by the straight-forward interpretation of the sequence as an individual name in the nominative.
The vase was found in the grave of a foetus; it is not clear whether the name is that of the buried child, inscribed on a piece of burial equipment, or the name of the vase's original owner.
