VB·7
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| Reading in transliteration: | kri |
| Reading in original script: |   
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| Object: | VB·7 Ornavasso (cup) |
| Position: | bottom, outside |
| Orientation: | 0° |
| Direction of writing: | sinistroverse |
| Script: | North Italic script (Lepontic alphabet) |
| Number of letters: | 3 |
| Number of words: | 1 |
| Number of lines: | 1 |
| Workmanship: | scratched after firing |
| Condition: | complete |
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| Archaeological culture: | La Tène D [from object] |
| Date of inscription: | first half of 1st c. BC [from object] |
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| Type: | unknown |
| Language: | prob. Celtic |
| Meaning: | abbreviation (?) |
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| Alternative sigla: | Whatmough 1933 (PID): 310 Solinas 1995: 134 Morandi 2004: 52 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 554 f. no. 52 |
Images
 Inscription VB·7 from Solinas 1995
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 Cup VB·7 Ornavasso with inscription VB·7
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 Inscription VB·7
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Commentary
First published in Bianchetti 1895: 152.
Image in Solinas 1995: tav. LXXIII b (photo).
All agreed on the reading: Kretschmer 1905: 98, no. 10, Rhŷs 1913: 60, no. 10, Whatmough PID 115, no. 310, Tibiletti Bruno 1978: 144, Solinas 1995: 377, no. 134.
See also Piana Agostinetti 1972: 115, 272, tav. XXXI.7, Piana Agostinetti 1997–1999 II: 62, in IV Morandi 1999b: 319, no. 8.
Bibliography
| Bianchetti 1895 | Enrico Bianchetti, I sepolcreti di Ornavasso [= Atti della Società di Archeologia e Belle Arti della provincia di Torino 6], Torino: Paravia 1895. |
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