MI·9
From Lexicon Leponticum
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| Reading in transliteration: | ak |
| Reading in original script: |  
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| Object: | MI·9 Milano (bowl) |
| Position: | foot, outside |
| Direction of writing: | dextroverse |
| Script: | North Italic script (Lepontic alphabet) |
| Number of letters: | 2 |
| Number of words: | 1 |
| Number of lines: | 1 |
| Workmanship: | scratched |
| Condition: | complete |
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| Archaeological culture: | unknown [from object] |
| Date of inscription: | 2nd c. BC [from object] |
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| Type: | unknown |
| Language: | perhaps Celtic |
| Meaning: | abbreviation (?) |
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| Alternative sigla: | Solinas 1995: 101 Morandi 2004: 139 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 614 f. no. 139 |
Commentary
First published in Molinari 1974: 74.
Image in Frontini 1985: tav. 28.2 (drawing).
Two letters inscribed on the foot of the fragmentary patera. Both appear to be undamaged; the upper bar of kappa is quite short. Possibly an abbreviation of a personal name (thus Morandi).
Bibliography
| Frontini 1985 | Patrizia Frontini, La ceramica a vernice nera nei contesti tombali della Lombardia [= Archeologia dell'Italia Settentrionale 3], Como: 1985. |
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