CO·13
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| Reading in transliteration: | ]?r?(?)ṃụ?[ |
| Reading in original script: | ]?  (?)? ?[
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| Object: | CO·13 Rondineto (bowl) |
| Position: | bottom, inside |
| Orientation: | 0° |
| Frame: | ? ? (left: unknown, middle: top and bottom, right: unknown)
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| Direction of writing: | sinistroverse |
| Script: | prob. North Italic script (Lepontic alphabet) |
| Letter height: | 3.4 cm1.339 in <br /> |
| Number of letters: | 5 |
| Number of words: | 1 |
| Number of lines: | 1 |
| Workmanship: | scratched after firing |
| Condition: | damaged, fragmentary |
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| Archaeological culture: | Golasecca III A [from object] |
| Date of inscription: | 5th–early 4th c. BC [from object] |
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| Type: | unknown |
| Language: | unknown |
| Meaning: | unknown |
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| Alternative sigla: | Whatmough 1933 (PID): 295 Solinas 1995: 86 Morandi 2004: 160 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 629 |
Images
 Drawing of inscription CO·13 from Morandi 2004
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 Potsherd CO·13 Rondineto with inscription CO·13 from Morandi 2004
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 Garovaglio's drawing of CO·13 Rondineto with inscription CO·13 from Tibiletti Bruno 1969b
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 Potsherd CO·13 Rondineto with inscription CO·13 from Tibiletti Bruno 1969b
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Commentary
First published in Barelli 1879: 17/Garovaglio 1879. Examined for LexLep on 2nd April 2025.
Images in Barelli 1879/Garovaglio 1879: tav. II.c (drawing = Tibiletti Bruno 1969b: 278, tav. VI.8a), Rhŷs 1914: pl. III (photo), Tibiletti Bruno 1969b: 278, tav. VI.8b (photo = Morandi 2004: 800, tav. XXIII.160), Morandi 2004: 628, fig. 20.160 (drawing).
Inscribed on the inside of the patera on the bottom just above the foot, across originally two fragments. The upper frameline and a short segment of the lower one are preserved; the lower parts of all letters are missing. The larger fragment, which is still preserved, was seen in the museum by Rhŷs 1913: 39, III.1.3, who could not quite make a reading; Rhŷs 1914: 9 f. tried an upside-down dextroverse reading ]rkiumu[ with inverted mu. Whatmough PID: 102, no. 295 tentatively suggested an upright sinistroverse reading ]rḳịmu[ (also Solinas), but called the segmentation of the group of lines after rho as ki "at least doubtful", and "the whole [...] altogether problematical, though it can hardly be mere ornamentation". Referring to Garovaglio's drawing of both fragments, the smaller of which is lost, Tibiletti Bruno 1969b: 189 f., no. 8 added a iota at the end ()rkimui), despite the line being decidedly oblique (also Tibiletti Bruno 1978: 147, 1990b: 109 f.). Lejeune 1971: 72 f., n. 251, noting a short oblique trace in the upper area before rho (which has today chipped off), infers upsilon (]ụrkimu[i], cf. Morandi ]?rkimu[, who prefers epsilon to compare bergimus). The unidentifiable letter after rho (cf. CO·14) together with the uninterrupted zig-zag (cf. NO·1 and, with Whatmough, TI·1) make the inscription somewhat dubious – possibly pseudo-script? But cf. TI·34.3 ]rkomui.
Bibliography
| Barelli 1879 | Vincenzo Barelli, "Altre scoperte preromane in Rondineto", Rivista Archeologica della Provincia di Como 15 (1879), 14–18. |
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