BS·28

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Inscription
Reading in transliteration: aruki
Reading in original script: A sK sU sR sA s

Object: BS·28 Gottolengo (bowl)
Position: bottom, outside
Direction of writing: sinistroverse
Script: North Italic script (Lepontic alphabet)
Number of letters: 5
Number of words: 1
Number of lines: 1
Workmanship: scratched after firing
Condition: complete

Archaeological culture: La Tène C 2 [from object]
Date of inscription: 2nd c. BC [from object]

Type: prob. mark of possessor
Language: Celtic
Meaning: 'of Aruk(i)os'

Alternative sigla: none

Sources: De Marinis & Motta 2007: 141

Commentary

First published in De Marinis & Motta 2007: 141.

Image in De Marinis & Motta 2007: 159, fig. 6.4 (drawing).

Inscribed on the bottom of the patera near the foot. aruki is a personal name in the genitive; the fact that it is inscribed on five ceramic objects from (probably) the same grave (BS·12, BS·13, BS·14, BS·27) indicates that it is an owner's inscription.

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.