VB·8
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| Reading in transliteration: | sa |
| Reading in original script: |  
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| Object: | VB·8 Ornavasso (bottle) |
| Position: | shoulder, 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 after firing |
| Condition: | complete |
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| Archaeological culture: | La Tène C 2 [from object] |
| Date of inscription: | late 2nd c. BC [from object] |
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| Type: | unknown |
| Language: | prob. Celtic |
| Meaning: | abbreviation (?) |
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| Alternative sigla: | Whatmough 1933 (PID): 313 Solinas 1995: 138 Morandi 2004: 53 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 555 no.53 |
Images
 Inscription VB·8 from Solinas
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 Inscription VB·8 and painted band
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Commentary
- Kretschmer 1905: 98
- Whatmough 1933 (PID): 313
- Graue 1974: p. 223
- Rhŷs 1913: p. 82
- Piana Agostinetti 1972: pp. 83 and 272, Tav. XXXI, n.3
- Solinas 1995: p. 378, n.138, Tav. LXXIII d
- Piana Agostinetti 1997–1999: p. 69 of Volume 1, p. 64 of Volume 2 and pp. 140-141, n.469 of Volume 3
- Morandi 1999b: pp. 320, n.11
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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