VR·32
From Lexicon Leponticum
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| Reading in transliteration: | ka |
| Reading in original script: |  
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| Object: | VR·32 Verona (plate) |
| Position: | bottom |
| Orientation: | 180° |
| Direction of writing: | dextroverse |
| Script: | North Italic script |
| Letter height: | 2.3 cm0.906 in <br /> |
| Number of letters: | 2 |
| 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: | unknown |
| Language: | perhaps Celtic |
| Meaning: | abbreviation (?) |
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| Alternative sigla: | none |
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| Sources: | Marchesini & Stifter 2018: 154 (no. 9) |
Commentary
First published in Solinas 2016: 378 (no. 9).
Images in Solinas 2016: tav. LVI d (photo); Marchesini & Stifter 2018: fig. 4.5.9 (photos and drawing).
Length of inscription 2.3 cm, well preserved.
The two letters may represent an abbreviation of VR·31 kasilus attested at the same necropolis (cf. VR·27 es) or of any other name in ka- (Marchesini & Stifter 2018: 149), or a mark of some kind (Solinas).
