BS·12
From Lexicon Leponticum
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| Reading in transliteration: | aruki |
| Reading in original script: |     
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| Object: | BS·12 Gottolengo (bowl) |
| Position: | bottom, outside |
| Orientation: | 180° |
| 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 |
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| Archaeological culture: | La Tène C 2 [from object] |
| Date of inscription: | 2nd c. BC [from object] |
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| Type: | prob. mark of possessor |
| Language: | Celtic |
| Meaning: | 'of Aruk(i)os' |
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| Alternative sigla: | Solinas 1995: 43 Morandi 2004: 241 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 675 |
Images
 Drawing of inscription BS·12 from Morandi 2004
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Commentary
First published in Tibiletti Bruno 1973: 165 f.
Images in Tibiletti Bruno 1973: tav. E2 (photo), Frontini 1985: tav. 1.14 (drawing), Morandi 2004: 679, fig. 27.241 (drawing), De Marinis & Motta 2007: 159, fig. 6.3 (drawing).
Inscribed upside-down on the bottom of the patera near the foot; well legible. aruki is a personal name in the genitive; the fact that it is inscribed on five ceramic objects from (probably) the same grave (BS·13, BS·14, BS·27, BS·28) 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. |
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