BS·9

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Inscription
Reading in transliteration:	rik
Reading in original script:
Object:	BS·9 Gottolengo (bowl)
Position:	bottom, inside
Direction of writing:	dextroverse
Script:	North Italic script (Lepontic alphabet)
Number of letters:	3
Number of words:	1
Number of lines:	1
Workmanship:	scratched after firing
Condition:	complete
Archaeological culture:	La Tène D 1 [from object]
Date of inscription:	late 2nd–early 1st c. BC [from object]
Type:	unknown
Language:	Celtic
Meaning:	abbreviation
Alternative sigla:	Solinas 1995: 41 Morandi 2004: 238
Sources:	Morandi 2004: 674

Images

Drawing of inscription BS·9 from Morandi 2004

Commentary

First published in Frontini 1985: 67, no. 1.

Images in Frontini 1985: tav. 8.10 (drawing), Morandi 2004: 679, fig. 27.238 (drawing).

Inscribed on the inside bottom of the patera; the reading appears to be unambiguous (see also Gambari 1999: 389, Morandi 1999: 185, n. 103, De Marinis & Motta 2007: 139). The sequence rik, which also occurs on a black-glazed cup from Gottolengo (see BS·11), can be interpreted as an abbreviation of a personal name (see further on the word page).

Bibliography

De Marinis & Motta 2007	Raffaele C. de Marinis, Filippo Motta, "Iscrizioni del II e I secolo a.C. dal territorio insubre e cenomane", in: Francesca Moradini, Marina Volonté (eds), Contributi di archeologia in memoria di Mario Mirabella Roberti. Cavriana 15–16 ottobre 2005 [= Annali Benacensi 13–14], Brescia: 2007, 135–160.