BG·3
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| Reading in transliteration: | at |
| Reading in original script: |  
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| Object: | BG·3 Bergamo (bowl) |
| Position: | bottom, outside |
| Orientation: | 180° |
| Direction of writing: | sinistroverse |
| Script: | North Italic script |
| Number of letters: | 2 |
| Number of words: | 1 |
| Number of lines: | 1 |
| Workmanship: | scratched after firing |
| Condition: | complete |
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| Archaeological culture: | unknown [from object] |
| Date of inscription: | mid-2nd–1st c. BC [from object] |
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| Type: | prob. mark of manufacturer |
| Language: | perhaps Celtic |
| Meaning: | abbreviation (?) |
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| Alternative sigla: | Morandi 2004: 213 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 658 f. no. 213 |
Images
 Inscription BG·3 from Morandi
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Commentary
First published in Morandi 2004: 658 f., no. 213.
Images in Morandi 2004: 656, fig. 24.213 (drawing), Casini & Motta 2018: 121, fig. 3.5 (photo and drawing).
Incised upside-down close to the rim of the foot; probably complete (Casini & Motta 2018: 120 f., no. 5 [erroneously identified as Morandi's no. 214]). Possibly a manufacturer's mark, cf. repeated art in the area of Bergamo – at is not otherwise attested in the Bergamo area, but on ceramics with similar datings at Como (CO·78) and (with alpha in the same shape) at Arsago Seprio (VA·14). Possibly an abreviation of a personal name in at-.
Bibliography
| Casini & Motta 2018 | Stefania Casini, Filippo Motta, "Iscrizioni vascolari celtiche a Bergamo", Notizie Archeologiche Bergomensi 26 (2018), 115–128. |
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