VB·5
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| Reading in transliteration: | pou |
| Reading in original script: |   
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| Object: | VB·5 Ornavasso (bottle) |
| Position: | shoulder, outside |
| Orientation: | 0° |
| Direction of writing: | dextroverse |
| Script: | North Italic script (Lepontic alphabet) |
| Letter height: | 2.3–4.7 cm0.906 in <br />1.85 in <br /> |
| 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): 311 Solinas 1995: 135 Morandi 2004: 50 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 553 f. no. 50 |
Images
 Inscription VB·5 from Morandi 1999
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 Inscription VB·5 from Solinas 1995
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 Flask VB·5 Ornavasso with inscription VB·5
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 Detail of VB·5 Ornavasso with inscription VB·5
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Commentary
First published in Bianchetti 1895: 68 (no. 12), 127. Examined for LexLep on 20th April 2024.
Images in Piana Agostinetti 1972: tav. XXXI.6 (drawing), Solinas 1995: tav. LXXIII c (photo), Morandi 1999: 171 (drawing).
Inscribed on the shoulder of the flask below one of the white bands (length 5.2 cm); the letters are preserved on the same fragment, neat and unambiguous. The short sequence pou is most likely an abbreviation of a personal name.
See also Rhŷs 1913: 60, no. 12, Piana Agostinetti 1972: 272, no. 6, Tibiletti Bruno 1978: 144, Morandi 1999: 171, no. 16, Morandi 1999b: 316 f.
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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