BG·8
From Lexicon Leponticum
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| Reading in transliteration: | tou |
| Reading in original script: |   
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| Object: | BG·8 Bergamo (bowl) |
| Position: | foot, inside |
| Direction of writing: | sinistroverse |
| Script: | North Italic script (Lepontic alphabet) |
| Number of letters: | 3 |
| Number of words: | 1 |
| Number of lines: | 1 |
| Workmanship: | scratched after firing |
| Condition: | complete |
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| Archaeological culture: | La Tène D 2 [from object] |
| Date of inscription: | |
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| Type: | unknown |
| Language: | prob. Celtic |
| Meaning: | abbreviation (?) |
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| Alternative sigla: | Solinas 1995: 34 b Morandi 2004: 218 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 661 no. 218 |
Images
 Inscription BG·8 from Morandi
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Commentary
First published in Solinas 1995: 334, no. 34 b.
Image in Morandi 2004: 667, fig. 26.218 (drawing).
Morandi observes that the application of the inscription on the inside of the bowl indicates that the bowl was thereby removed from practical everyday use. Possibly an abbreviation of a word or name containing the morpheme tou̯t-. Morandi suggests lexical tou̯tā 'people' marking the bowl as public property; an abbreviation of a personal name in tou̯t- is at least equally likely (cf. Morandi 2007: 304, no. 39).
