BG·38
From Lexicon Leponticum
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| Reading in transliteration: | al |
| Reading in original script: |  
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| Object: | BG·38 Verdello (cup) |
| Position: | bottom, outside |
| Orientation: | 180° |
| Direction of writing: | dextroverse |
| Script: | North Italic script (Lepontic alphabet) |
| Letter height: | 1.8 cm0.709 in <br /> |
| Number of letters: | 2 |
| Number of words: | 1 |
| Number of lines: | 1 |
| Workmanship: | scratched after firing |
| Condition: | complete, damaged |
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| Archaeological culture: | La Tène D 2 [from object] |
| Date of inscription: | 1st century BC [from object] |
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| Type: | unknown |
| Language: | perhaps Celtic |
| Meaning: | abbreviation (?) |
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| Alternative sigla: | Morandi 2004: 295 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 715 no. 295 |
Commentary
First published in Morandi 2003: 134, no. 16.
Images in Poggiani Keller 2003b: 101, fig. 2.5 (drawing), Morandi 2003: 134, fig. 20 (photo) and 135 (drawing).
Incised upside-down on the bottom of the cup. The reading is Morandi's; Poggiani Keller's drawing includes two more scratches around alpha, but these appear to be unintentional/abrasions. Possibly an abbreviated personal name, as suggested by Morandi (see the word page).
