BG·27

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Inscription
Reading in transliteration:	kl
Reading in original script:	unknown
Object:	BG·27 Lovere (pitcher)
Position:	foot, outside
Direction of writing:	sinistroverse
Script:	unknown
Number of letters:	2
Number of words:	1
Number of lines:	1
Workmanship:	scratched
Condition:	unknown
Archaeological culture:	Roman imperial period [from object]
Date of inscription:	late 1st c. BC (?) [from object]
Type:	unknown
Language:	unknown
Meaning:	unknown
Alternative sigla:	Morandi 2004: 230
Sources:	Morandi 2004: 668 no. 230

Commentary

Image in Vimercati Sozzi 1869: tav. XXIV.3 (n.v.).

Two characters inscribed "sotto il fondo" (foot or bottom?), read as sinistroverse kappa and lambda by Morandi, who suggests an abbreviation of a personal name. Considering the shortness, isolated nature and late date of the document, a non-script mark is maybe more likely. If one wants to assume a connection with pre-Roman North Italic literacy, it must be remembered that Lovere is archaeologically associated more closely with the Camunic than with the Celtic area (Fortunati & Poggiani Keller 2007 passim). Cf. maybe kl on a bowl from Sanzeno?

Corinna Salomon

Bibliography

Fortunati & Poggiani Keller 2007	Maria Fortunati, Raffaella Poggiani Keller (eds), Storia economica e sociale di Bergamo. I primi millenni – dalla preistoria al medioevo, Bergamo: 2007.