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{{inscription
|reading=to
|reading_lepontic={{c|O|O3}}{{c|T}}
|reading_variant={{w|ot}}
|direction=ambiguous
|letter_height_min=2 cm
|letter_height_max=3 cm
|letter_number_min=2
|word_number=1
|line_number=1
|corpus=Cisalpine Celtic
|script=North Italic script
|object=BG·40 Caravaggio
|position=bottom, outside
|orientation=180
|workmanship=scratched after firing
|condition=complete
|type_inscription=unknown
|language=Celtic
|linguistic_ascription=perhaps
|meaning=abbreviation (?)
|solinas=35
|source_detail=Solinas 1995: 334 no. 35
|checklevel=0
}}
== Commentary ==
First published in {{bib|Castelfranco 1886}}: 239. Examined for LexLep on 27<sup>th</sup> April 2022.

Images in {{bib|Tizzoni 1984}}: tav. III g (drawing), {{bib|Frontini 1985}}: tav. 7.9 (drawing) and {{bib|Olcese 1998}}: 331, tav. VII.8 (drawing).

Inscribed on the bottom of the bowl just above the foot (length 3.8 cm). The letters are mirror-symmetrical both horizontally and vertically, but the orientation seems to be inverted judging by the scratches (upside-down application being fairly common for short graffiti from the Bergamo area). The writing direction cannot be determined. {{bib|Tibiletti Bruno 1984}}: 120 also considers a reading according to the Latin alphabet (<xo>/<ox>) or a North Italic reading {{c||R3}}{{c||T}}, ultimately preferring ''ot'' because {{c||T}} is larger than {{c||O3}}. Possibly an abbreviation of a personal name, as suggested by Tibiletti Bruno, who assumes that it is the name of the bowl's owner.
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