BG·32
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| Reading in transliteration: | pi |
| Reading in original script: |  
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| Variant reading: | li /  
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| Object: | BG·32 Verdello (bowl) |
| Position: | bottom, outside |
| Direction of writing: | ambiguous |
| Script: | North Italic script |
| Number of letters: | 2 |
| Number of words: | 1 |
| Number of lines: | 1 |
| Workmanship: | scratched |
| Condition: | complete |
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| Archaeological culture: | La Tène D 2 [from object] |
| Date of inscription: | second half of 1st c. BC [from object] |
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| Type: | unknown |
| Language: | perhaps Celtic |
| Meaning: | abbreviation (?) |
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| Alternative sigla: | Morandi 2004: 289 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 713 no. 289 |
Commentary
First published in Morandi 2003: 127, no. 4.
Images in Morandi 2003: 127 (drawing) and fig. 4 (photo).
Inscribed on the bottom the bowl above the foot; since iota is mirror-symmetrical both horizontally and vertically and the first letter could be read or , the orientation and writing direction cannot be determined (upside-down application being fairly common for short graffiti from the Bergamo area). Morandi prefers pi, comparing pit in BG·30 and BG·7 (though with similar reading issues). Possibly an abbreviation of a personal name, as suggested by Morandi; pi- is certainly more likely insofar as there are numerous personal names in pi- in the corpus, but none in li- (see the word pages).
From the same grave BG·29 and a Latin graffito (see the object page).
