CO·78
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| Reading in transliteration: | at |
| Reading in original script: |  
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| Object: | CO·78 Cantù (pot) |
| Position: | outside, wall |
| Orientation: | 0° |
| Direction of writing: | sinistroverse |
| Script: | North Italic script (Lepontic alphabet) |
| Letter height: | 3.2 cm1.26 in <br /> |
| Number of letters: | 2 |
| Number of words: | 1 |
| Number of lines: | 1 |
| Workmanship: | scratched after firing |
| Condition: | complete, damaged |
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| Archaeological culture: | La Tène D [from object] |
| Date of inscription: | late 2nd–1st c. BC [from object] |
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| Type: | unknown |
| Language: | prob. Celtic |
| Meaning: | abbreviation (?) |
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| Alternative sigla: | Morandi 2004: 205 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 652 |
Images
 Drawing of inscription CO·78 from Morandi 2004
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Commentary
First published in Tibiletti Bruno 1977b: 107, no. 87. Examined for LexLep on 1st April 2025.
Images in Tibiletti Bruno 1977b: 107 (photo), Morandi 2004: 656, fig. 24.205 (drawing).
Two tall letters inscribed upright on the side of the pyxis, covering the entire height of the wall (length 2.9 cm). Alpha is slightly damaged by breaks on the top and the lower part of the hasta, but the reading is clear. Both TB and Morandi consider the possibility of a reading of as waw, but this is plausible neither linguistically nor epigraphically with regard to the dating.
at is most probably an abbreviation of a personal name, see the word page. Tibiletti Bruno classfies the inscription as that of an owner.
