BG·49

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Inscription
Reading in transliteration:	piuo
Reading in original script:
Object:	BG·49 Caravaggio (pot)
Position:	foot, outside
Direction of writing:	sinistroverse
Script:	North Italic script (Lepontic alphabet)
Letter height:	3–4 cm1.181 in <br />1.575 in <br />
Number of letters:	4
Number of words:	1
Number of lines:	1
Workmanship:	scratched after firing
Condition:	complete
Archaeological culture:	La Tène D 1 [from object]
Date of inscription:	late 2nd–early 1st c. BC [from object]
Type:	unknown
Language:	Celtic
Meaning:	'Piuo'
Alternative sigla:	none
Sources:	De Marinis & Motta 2007: 135 f.

Commentary

First published in De Marinis & Motta 2007: 135 f.

Image in De Marinis & Motta 2007: 154, fig. 1.1 (drawing).

Inscribed in large, neat letters on the foot of the vessel; the reading is unambiguous. piuo is a personal name in the nominative; see the word page for details.

Corinna Salomon

Bibliography

De Marinis & Motta 2007	Raffaele C. de Marinis, Filippo Motta, "Iscrizioni del II e I secolo a.C. dal territorio insubre e cenomane", in: Francesca Moradini, Marina Volonté (eds), Contributi di archeologia in memoria di Mario Mirabella Roberti. Cavriana 15–16 ottobre 2005 [= Annali Benacensi 13–14], Brescia: 2007, 135–160.