VB·27

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Inscription
Reading in transliteration: atekua / aśounị
Reading in original script: A dT dE dK dU3 dA d
A3 dŚ5 dO2 d U9 dN9 dI d

Object: VB·27 Stresa (stela)
Position: top, front
Orientation: 180°
Direction of writing: dextroverse
Script: North Italic script (Lepontic alphabet)
Number of letters: 12
Number of words: 2
Number of lines: 2
Workmanship: carved
Condition: complete, damaged

Archaeological culture: La Tène D 2 [from object]
Date of inscription: 1st c. BC [from object]

Type: funerary
Language: Celtic
Meaning: 'Atekua of Aśounos' (?)

Alternative sigla: Whatmough 1933 (PID): 302
Tibiletti Bruno 1981: 17
Solinas 1995: 126
Morandi 2004: 70

Sources: Morandi 2004: 567 no. 70

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Bibliography

Caramella & De Giuli 1993 Pierangelo Caramella, Alberto De Giuli, Archeologia dell'Alto Novarese, Mergozzo: Antiquarium Mergozzo 1993.
Danielsson 1909 Olof August Danielsson, Zu den venetischen und lepontischen Inschriften [= Skrifter utgivna av Kungliga Humanistiska Vetenskaps-Samfundet i Uppsala 13.1], Uppsala – Leipzig: 1909.
Ferrero 1889 Ermanno Ferrero, "Regione XI. (Transpadana)", Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità (1889), 261–262.
Ferrero 1897 Ermanno Ferrero, "Iscrizioni di Chignolo Verbano", Atti della Società di Archeologia e Belle Arti per la provincia di Torino 7 (1897), 56–60.