VB·16
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| Reading in transliteration: | uasekia |
| Reading in original script: |      
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| Object: | VB·16 Ornavasso (bottle) |
| Position: | shoulder, outside |
| Orientation: | 0° |
| Direction of writing: | sinistroverse |
| Script: | North Italic script (Lepontic alphabet) |
| Letter height: | 1.2–1.9 cm0.472 in <br />0.748 in <br /> |
| Number of letters: | 7 |
| 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: | 1st c. BC [from object] |
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| Type: | unknown |
| Language: | Celtic |
| Meaning: | 'Uasekia' |
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| Alternative sigla: | Whatmough 1933 (PID): 306 Tibiletti Bruno 1981: 12 Solinas 1995: 130 Morandi 2004: 47 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 549 f. no. 47 |
Images
 Inscription VB·16 from Morandi 2004
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 Inscription VB·16 from Solinas 1995
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 Detail of VB·16 Ornavasso with inscription VB·16
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Commentary
First published in Bianchetti 1895: 69 (no. 18), 124. Examined for LexLep on 20th April 2024.
Images in Solinas 1995: tav. LXXIc (photo), Morandi 1999: 171, no. 15 (drawing), Morandi 2004: 548, fig. 11.47 (drawing).
Inscribed in tidy letters on the shoulder of the flask between two painted bands (length 5.7 cm). The reading is in principle unproblematic (Kretschmer 1905: 98, no. 18, 103, Rhŷs 1913: 61, no. 18, Whatmough PID: 113, no. 306, Pisani 1964: 284 sub no. 120, Tibiletti Bruno 1981: 165, no. 12). Solinas 1995: 376, no. 130 transliterates uase kia and draws attention to a short vertical scratch between epsilon and kappa. The scratch in question, a 2 mm vertical line between epsilon and kappa, between which the distance is very slightly larger than than between the other letters, is judged to be accidental by Morandi 1999: 170 f., no. 15 and 2004: 550, no. 47. Cf. VB·3.2 for a similar situation. Though kia is attested on another vessel from San Bernardo, we prefer a reading as a single word, also for linguistic reasons.
uasekia is a personal name in the nominative; see the word page for details.
See also Piana Agostinetti 1972: 272, no. 10, Tav. XXXI.10, Piana Agostinetti 1997–1999: ?, in IV Morandi 1999b: 306–308, no. 3.
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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