TI·22

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Inscription
Reading in transliteration:	kr
Reading in original script:
Object:	TI·22 Locarno (bottle)
Position:	shoulder, outside
Orientation:	0°
Direction of writing:	sinistroverse
Script:	North Italic script (Lepontic alphabet)
Letter height:	0.7–1 cm0.276 in <br />0.394 in <br />
Number of letters:	2
Number of words:	1
Number of lines:	1
Workmanship:	scratched after firing
Condition:	complete
Archaeological culture:	La Tène D [from object]
Date of inscription:	late 2nd–1st c. BC [from object]
Type:	unknown
Language:	unknown
Meaning:	abbreviation (?)
Alternative sigla:	Morandi 2004: 22
Sources:	Morandi 2004: 531 no. 22

Images

Drawing of inscription TI·22 from Morandi

Detail of bottle TI·22 Locarno with inscription TI·22 from Morandi

Fiasca a trottola TI·22 Locarno with inscription TI·22

Inscription TI·22

Commentary

First published in Morandi 1999: 168. Examined for LexLep on 17^th October 2023.

Images in Stöckli 1975: 179, Taf. 35 (drawing), Morandi 1999: 193, pl.VI.3 (photo) and 168 (drawing).

The two letters, kappa smaller than rho, are inscribed clearly on the shoulder of the bottle close to the neck (length 1.9 cm). Morandi (also 2004) includes a vertical line at a distance to the left of the letters in the reading: kr i (as seen in the drawing above; cf. also Tibiletti Bruno 1978: 144 kr(i)) and compares VB·7 kri, but the scratch in question is unintentional, being of a different colour and less straight and deep than the lines of the letters. Cf. De Marinis & Biaggio Simona 2000: 462, no. 541 (kr).

The inscription may be an abbreviation of a personal name; see the word page.

Corinna Salomon

Bibliography

De Marinis & Biaggio Simona 2000	Raffaele C. De Marinis, Simonetta Biaggio Simona (eds), I leponti tra mito e realtà. Raccolta di saggi in occasione della mostra Locarno, Castello Visconteo - Casorella, 20 maggio - 3 dicembre 2000, Verbania: Armando Dadò Editore 2000.