BG·14

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Inscription
Reading in transliteration:	unknown
Reading in original script:	][
Object:	BG·14 Bergamo (pot)
Position:	shoulder, outside
Direction of writing:	unknown
Script:	unknown
Number of letters:	4
Workmanship:	scratched after firing
Condition:	fragmentary
Archaeological culture:	unknown [from object]
Date of inscription:	5th–3th century BC [from object]
Type:	unknown
Language:	unknown
Meaning:	unknown
Alternative sigla:	none
Sources:	Morandi 2004: 660 f.

Images

Inscription BG·14 from Morandi

Fragment with inscription BG·14 from Morandi

Commentary

First published in Morandi 2004: 660 f. (no number).

Images in Morandi 2004: 656, fig. 25 (drawing) and tav. XXVII a (photo), Casini & Motta 2018: 123, fig. 4.8 (photo and drawing).

Incised before firing according to Morandi, but after firing according to Casini & Motta 2018: 122, no. 8. The -shape is more deeply incised than the other lines; the oblique scratch of is doubtful. The two vertical scratches are shortish and seem grouped together. A few other fine lines are visible (see the drawing in Casini & Motta). Morandi interprets the sequence as an indication of the vessel's measurement. Casini & Motta suggest that and could be letters or marks referring to the content of the vessel and a measurement, but the latter sequence does not make a number in any system. Possibly non- or pseudo-script.

Corinna Salomon

Bibliography

Casini & Motta 2018	Stefania Casini, Filippo Motta, "Iscrizioni vascolari celtiche a Bergamo", Notizie Archeologiche Bergomensi 26 (2018), 115–128.