MI·19
From Lexicon Leponticum
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| Reading in transliteration: | se |
| Reading in original script: |  S7 s
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| Object: | MI·19 Milano (beaker) |
| Position: | foot, outside |
| Direction of writing: | sinistroverse |
| Script: | North Italic script (Lepontic alphabet) |
| Letter height: | 3 cm1.181 in <br /> |
| Number of letters: | 2 |
| Number of words: | 1 |
| Number of lines: | 1 |
| Workmanship: | scratched after firing |
| Condition: | complete |
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| Archaeological culture: | La Tène B 1 [from object] |
| Date of inscription: | second half of 4th c. 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: | Casini & Motta 2011: 459 f. |
Commentary
First published in Casini & Motta 2011: 459 f., no. 1.
Images in Casini & Motta 2011: 461, fig. 1.1 (drawing and photo).
Two large letters inscribed on the foot of the beaker. Epsilon right in the centre is unambiguous; the character to its right is a handlebar-shaped squiggle which is best identified as sigma (thus also Casini & Motta), whose execution is often wonky in alphabetically Lepontic inscriptions. se may be an abbreviated personal name; see the word page for details.
Bibliography
| Casini & Motta 2011 | Stefania Casini, Filippo Motta, "Alcune iscrizioni preromane inedite da Milano", Notizie Archeologiche Bergomensi 19 (2011), 459–469. |
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