BG·35
From Lexicon Leponticum
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| Reading in transliteration: | cilo |
| Reading in original script: |    
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| Object: | BG·35 Verdello (cup) |
| Position: | outside, wall |
| Direction of writing: | dextroverse |
| Script: | Latin script |
| Number of letters: | 4 |
| Number of words: | 1 |
| Number of lines: | 1 |
| Workmanship: | scratched after firing |
| Condition: | complete |
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| Archaeological culture: | Augustan [from object] |
| Date of inscription: | 20–1 BC [from object] |
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| Type: | unknown |
| Language: | prob. Latin |
| Meaning: | 'Cilo' |
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| Alternative sigla: | Morandi 2004: 292 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 714 no. 292 |
Commentary
First published in Morandi 2003: 130, no. 11.
Images in Morandi 2003: 130, fig. 12 (photo) and 131 (drawing), Morandi 2007: 288, fig. 280.30 (drawing).
Inscribed on the wall of the cup, orientation unclear from the images. The bar of lambda is prolonged; a large scratch after omicron is judged to be irrelevant by Morandi. The form is a masculine on-stem name, but probably Latin or Venetic rather than Celtic, where no good comparanda can be found (see the word page and cf. Morandi, also 2007: 300 f., no. 31, with decreasing confidence in a Celtic interpretation). A linguistically Latin inscription BG·36.1 was found in the same grave.
