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{{inscription
{{inscription
|reading=aśkonetio / pianu
|reading=aśkonetio / pianu
|reading_lepontic={{c|O|O4}}{{c|I}}{{c|T}}{{c|E}}{{c|N|N4|d}}{{c|O|O2}}{{c|K}}{{c|Ś}}{{c|A}}<br />{{c|U|U5}}{{c|N|N4|d}}{{c|A|A2}}{{c|I}}{{c|P}}
|reading_lepontic={{c|O|O2}}{{c|I}}{{c|T}}{{c|E}}{{c|N|N4|d}}{{c|O|O2}}{{c|K}}{{c|Ś}}{{c|A}}<br />{{c|U}}{{c|N|N4|d}}{{c|A|A2}}{{c|I}}{{c|P}}
|direction=sinistroverse
|direction=sinistroverse
|letter_height_min=0
|letter_height_min=3.5 cm
|letter_height_max=6 cm
|letter_number_min=14
|letter_number_min=14
|word_number=2
|word_number=2
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|frame_right=straight
|frame_right=straight
|workmanship=carved
|workmanship=carved
|condition=complete
|condition=complete, damaged
|type_inscription=funerary
|type_inscription=funerary
|language=Celtic
|language=Celtic
|meaning= 'Pianu the Adgonnetian' or 'Adgonnetio the Pianan'
|meaning='Pianu the Adgonnetian' or 'Adgonnetio the Pianan'
|tibiletti_bruno=14
|tibiletti_bruno=14
|solinas=120
|solinas=120
|morandi=65
|morandi=65
|source_detail=Morandi 2004: 563 f. no. 65
|source_detail=Morandi 2004: 563 f. no. 65
|checklevel=3
|checklevel=2
|problem=original script
|problem=position, David interpretation, script adaptation
}}
}}
== Commentary ==
== Commentary ==
First published in '''{{bib|De Giuli 1979}}: 248'''.
First published in {{bib|De Giuli 1979}}: 246. Examined for LexLep on 20<sup>th</sup> April 2024.


Images in '''{{bib|De Giuli 1979}}: 246 (photo and drawing)''', {{bib|Tibiletti Bruno 1979}}: 255, fig. 1 (drawing).
Images in {{bib|De Giuli 1979}}: 246 (photo fig. 1 = {{bib|Mainardis 2009}}: 337, fig. 5, and drawing), {{bib|Tibiletti Bruno 1979}}: 255, fig. 1 (drawing), {{bib|Caramella & De Giuli 1993}}: 207 (drawing).
   
   
{{bib|Tibiletti Bruno 1979}}: 253–257 (254 f.) considers the name formula inverted, with the individual name {{w||pianu}} in line 2, the patronym in {{m||-(i)i̯-}} {{w||aśkonetio}} in line 1 (comparing [[VB·28]] {{w||namu}} {{w||esopnio}} from nearby [[Levo]]; thus also {{bib|Tibiletti Bruno 1981}}: 166 f., no. 14, {{bib|Markey & Mees 2003}}: 139). Alternatively, {{w||pianu}} can be interpreted as a patronymic in -''ū'', as per {{bib|De Hoz 1990}}: 323 f. and {{bib|Lejeune 1971}}: 53 (see [[The Cisalpine Celtic Languages]]); thus {{bib|Solinas 1995}}: 372, no. 120, critical {{bib|Eska 1995}}: 43 β.
Inscribed on what is today the lower area of the slab, at 25 cm distance from the top edge; the stone's original shape being unknown, it is not clear how the inscription was situated originally. It is written sinistroverse in two right-aligned lines (length line 1 45 cm, line 2 27.5 cm). Both lines are inscribed in rectangular frames, sharing the line in between them; the frame of line 2 (length 40 cm, height 13.5–17 cm) is shorter than that of line 1 (length 50.5 cm, height 13 cm), which covers the entire breadth of the stone, though longer than necessary for the short sequence {{w||pianu}}. The inscription is heavily abraded, but the letters are unambiguously legible. The alphabet is the Lepontic one; the only irregular letter shape is that of nu in both lines, which looks like inverted Lepontic nu but with hasta and angle of the same height – the letter seems to be a compromise between Lepontic and Latin nu, and also appears in [[VB·27]]; cf. also [[VB·26]] for inverted Lepontic nu.


See also {{bib|Tibiletti Bruno 1978c}}, 24 f.,  
{{bib|Tibiletti Bruno 1979}}: 253–257 (254 f.) considers the name formula inverted, with the individual name {{w||pianu}} in line 2, the patronym in {{m||-(i)i̯-}} {{w||aśkonetio}} in line 1 (comparing [[VB·28]] {{w||namu}} {{w||esopnio}} from nearby [[Levo]]; thus also {{bib|Tibiletti Bruno 1981}}: 166 f., no. 14, {{bib|Caramella & De Giuli 1993}}: 207, {{bib|Markey & Mees 2003}}: 139, {{bib|Morandi 2004}}: 564). Alternatively, {{w||pianu}} can be interpreted as a patronym in -''ū'', as per {{bib|De Hoz 1990}}: 323 f. and/or {{bib|Lejeune 1971}}: 53 (see [[The Cisalpine Celtic Languages]]); thus {{bib|Solinas 1995}}: 372, no. 120, critical {{bib|Eska 1995}}: 43 β.


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See the object page on the dating; VB·22 may belong to the oldest layer of gravestones from the Verbano based on the stone shape, frame and writing direction.
 
See also {{bib|Tibiletti Bruno 1978c}}: 24 f.
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Latest revision as of 16:54, 15 May 2024

Inscription
Reading in transliteration: aśkonetio / pianu
Reading in original script: O2 sI sT sE sN4 dO2 sK sŚ sA s
U sN4 dA2 sI sP s

Object: VB·22 Stresa (stela)
Position: front
Orientation:
Frame: straightallallstraight  (left: straight, middle: all, right: straight)
Direction of writing: sinistroverse
Script: North Italic script (Lepontic alphabet)
Letter height: 3.5–6 cm1.378 in <br />2.362 in <br />
Number of letters: 14
Number of words: 2
Number of lines: 2
Workmanship: carved
Condition: complete, damaged

Archaeological culture: La Tène D 2 [from object]
Date of inscription: 1st c. BC [from object]

Type: funerary
Language: Celtic
Meaning: 'Pianu the Adgonnetian' or 'Adgonnetio the Pianan'

Alternative sigla: Tibiletti Bruno 1981: 14
Solinas 1995: 120
Morandi 2004: 65

Sources: Morandi 2004: 563 f. no. 65

Images

Commentary

First published in De Giuli 1979: 246. Examined for LexLep on 20th April 2024.

Images in De Giuli 1979: 246 (photo fig. 1 = Mainardis 2009: 337, fig. 5, and drawing), Tibiletti Bruno 1979: 255, fig. 1 (drawing), Caramella & De Giuli 1993: 207 (drawing).

Inscribed on what is today the lower area of the slab, at 25 cm distance from the top edge; the stone's original shape being unknown, it is not clear how the inscription was situated originally. It is written sinistroverse in two right-aligned lines (length line 1 45 cm, line 2 27.5 cm). Both lines are inscribed in rectangular frames, sharing the line in between them; the frame of line 2 (length 40 cm, height 13.5–17 cm) is shorter than that of line 1 (length 50.5 cm, height 13 cm), which covers the entire breadth of the stone, though longer than necessary for the short sequence pianu. The inscription is heavily abraded, but the letters are unambiguously legible. The alphabet is the Lepontic one; the only irregular letter shape is that of nu in both lines, which looks like inverted Lepontic nu but with hasta and angle of the same height – the letter seems to be a compromise between Lepontic and Latin nu, and also appears in VB·27; cf. also VB·26 for inverted Lepontic nu.

Tibiletti Bruno 1979: 253–257 (254 f.) considers the name formula inverted, with the individual name pianu in line 2, the patronym in -(i)i̯- aśkonetio in line 1 (comparing VB·28 namu esopnio from nearby Levo; thus also Tibiletti Bruno 1981: 166 f., no. 14, Caramella & De Giuli 1993: 207, Markey & Mees 2003: 139, Morandi 2004: 564). Alternatively, pianu can be interpreted as a patronym in -ū, as per De Hoz 1990: 323 f. and/or Lejeune 1971: 53 (see The Cisalpine Celtic Languages); thus Solinas 1995: 372, no. 120, critical Eska 1995: 43 β.

See the object page on the dating; VB·22 may belong to the oldest layer of gravestones from the Verbano based on the stone shape, frame and writing direction.

See also Tibiletti Bruno 1978c: 24 f.

Corinna Salomon

Bibliography

Caramella & De Giuli 1993 Pierangelo Caramella, Alberto De Giuli, Archeologia dell'Alto Novarese, Mergozzo: Antiquarium Mergozzo 1993.
De Giuli 1979 Alberto De Giuli, "Le stele funerarie di Brisino", Sibrium 14 (1978–1979), 245–252.
De Hoz 1990 Javier de Hoz, "El genitivo celtico de los temas en -o-", in: Francisco Villar (ed.), Studia indogermanica et palaeohispanica in honorem Antonio Tovar et Luis Michelena, Salamanca: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca 1990, 315–329.
Eska 1995 Joseph F. Eska, "Observations on the thematic genitive singular in Lepontic and Hispano-Celtic", in: Joseph F. Eska, R. Geraint Gruffydd, Nicolas Jacobs (eds), Hispano-Gallo-Brittonica. Essays in honour of Professor D. Ellis Evans on the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday, Cardiff: University of Wales Press 1995, 33–46.