BG·39
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| Reading in transliteration: | pe |
| Reading in original script: |  
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| Variant reading: | le
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| Object: | BG·39 Verdello (pot) |
| Position: | outside, wall |
| Orientation: | 0° |
| Direction of writing: | sinistroverse |
| Script: | North Italic script (Lepontic alphabet) |
| Letter height: | 2.5 cm0.984 in <br /> |
| Number of letters: | 2 |
| Number of words: | 1 |
| Number of lines: | 1 |
| Workmanship: | scratched into leather-hard clay |
| Condition: | complete |
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| Archaeological culture: | La Tène D 2 [from object] |
| Date of inscription: | 1st century BC [from object] |
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| Type: | mark of manufacturer |
| Language: | perhaps Celtic |
| Meaning: | abbreviation (?) |
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| Alternative sigla: | Morandi 2004: 296 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 715 no. 296 |
Commentary
First published in Morandi 2003: 134, no. 17.
Images in Poggiani Keller 2003b: 103, fig. 4.5 (drawing), Morandi 2003: 134, fig. 21 (photo) and 135 (drawing).
Incised before firing in large letters on the side of the vessel; most probably a pottery mark (cf. Morandi 2007: 301, no. 32), but see the word page on the frequent attestations of the sequence pe in the area of Bergamo. le is unlikely, but cannot be excluded.
