VB·18

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Inscription
Reading in transliteration:	atecua
Reading in original script:
Object:	VB·18 Ornavasso (cup)
Position:	foot, outside
Direction of writing:	dextroverse
Script:	Latin script
Letter height:	0.3–0.6 cm0.118 in <br />0.236 in <br />
Number of letters:	6
Number of words:	1
Number of lines:	1
Workmanship:	scratched after firing
Condition:	complete, damaged
Archaeological culture:	Roman imperial period [from object]
Date of inscription:	30–55 AD [from object]
Type:	unknown
Language:	Celtic
Meaning:	'Atecua'
Alternative sigla:	Whatmough 1933 (PID): 319 Morandi 2004: 61
Sources:	Morandi 2004: 561 no. 61

Images

Inscription VB·18 from Morandi 2004

Inscription VB·18

Commentary

First published in Bianchetti 1895: 67 (no. 2), 272. Examined for LexLep on 20^th April 2024.

Image in Morandi 2004: 566, fig. 12.61 (drawing).

Inscribed in tiny Latin letters in a slight curve on the foot of the cup (length 2.9 cm); the first and last letters are damaged by surface abrasion. The second hasta of initial alpha and the hasta of tau meet, leading Bianchetti to read antecua with a ligature of alpha, nu and tau, but, as observed by Whatmough PID: 118 f., no. 319, this is probably accidental, as no other ligatures are attested at Ornavasso (except in the pottery stamps). Note, however, that the comparandum VB·27 atekua does not represent an argument against Bianchetti's reading, as could represent /nt/ here (cf. Danielsson 1909: 27, n. 1). atecua is a Celtic name in the nominative; see further on the word page.

See also Rhŷs 1913: 60, Piana Agostinetti 1972: 272, no. 10, Tav. XXXI.10, Piana Agostinetti 1997–1999 II: 137, n. 1887, in IV Morandi 1999b: 325, no. 15.

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.
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.