TI·20
From Lexicon Leponticum
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| Reading in transliteration: | k / k |
| Reading in original script: |  /
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| Object: | TI·20 Giubiasco (cup) |
| Position: | bottom, foot, outside |
| Orientation: | 270° |
| Direction of writing: | ambiguous |
| Script: | unknown |
| Letter height: | 2.1 cm0.827 in <br /> |
| Number of letters: | 2 |
| Number of lines: | 2 |
| Workmanship: | scratched after firing |
| Condition: | complete |
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| Archaeological culture: | La Tène D 2 [from object] |
| Date of inscription: | 75–25 BC [from object] |
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| Type: | unknown |
| Language: | unknown |
| Meaning: | unknown |
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| Alternative sigla: | Whatmough 1933 (PID): note xiii Solinas 1995: 16 |
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| Sources: | Solinas 1995: 326 no. 16 |
Images
 Cup TI·20 Giubiasco with inscription TI·20
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Commentary
First published in Ulrich 1914 I: 535. Examined for LexLep on 18th August 2021.
Image in Ulrich 1914 II: Taf. LXXXVIa.2 (photo).
Ulrich in the table I: 535 (also II: 24 f.) lists a number of graffiti on pottery which he classifies as owner's marks. Three of the older ones were considered by Whatmough PID: 81, n. xiii to be possibly written in the Lepontic alphabet. Whatmough transliterates (i) a (?), (ii) χ (Ulrich II: Taf. LXXXVIa.1), (iii) k (Ulrich II: Taf. LXXXVIa.2); see also Solinas. Kappa, inscribed twice, once on the foot, once – in the same orientation – on the bottom close to the foot, on a black-glazed bowl is the best candidate for a Lepontic letter, but is hardly language-encoding. Possibly a factory mark.
