pit
From Lexicon Leponticum
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| Attestation: | BG·28.1 (pit[), BG·30 (pit), BG·7 (pit) (3) | ||
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| Status: | probable | ||
| Language: | perhaps Celtic | ||
| Word Type: | prob. proper noun | ||
| Semantic Field: | prob. personal name |
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| Grammatical Categories: | indeterminable | ||
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| Morphemic Analysis: | bit- (?) | ||
| Phonemic Analysis: | /bit/ (?) | ||
| Meaning: | abbreviation (?) | ||
Commentary
See the inscription pages on the probable reading.
Very probably a workman's mark considering the reoccurrence of the sequence in the area of Bergamo (even though two instances are dextroverse and one, BG·7, is sinistroverse). An abbreviation of a personal name seems feasible; besides Gaulish names in bitu-, possible comparanda are provided by Raetic and assorted North Italic names in pit- (see TIR and Salomon 2020: 380 with n. 24).
