BG·4
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| Reading in transliteration: | ]p̣ẹt[ |
| Reading in original script: | ]   [
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| Variant reading: | ]p̣ạt[ ]  [
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| Object: | BG·4 Bergamo (bowl) |
| Position: | outside |
| Direction of writing: | sinistroverse |
| Script: | North Italic script |
| Letter height: | 2.7 cm1.063 in <br /> |
| Number of letters: | 3 |
| Number of words: | 1 |
| Number of lines: | 1 |
| Workmanship: | scratched after firing |
| Condition: | fragmentary |
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| Archaeological culture: | unknown [from object] |
| Date of inscription: | 1st c. BC [from object] |
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| Type: | unknown |
| Language: | unknown |
| Meaning: | unknown |
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| Alternative sigla: | Morandi 2004: 214 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 659 no. 214 |
Commentary
First published in Morandi 2004: 659, no. 214.
Images in Casini & Motta 2018: 123, fig. 4.11 (photo and drawing).
is clear, and the first letter cannot be anything other than . The middle letter is read as epsilon by Morandi (also 2007: 291, no. 4), but Casini & Motta 2018: 124, no. 11 (erroneously considered unpublished) prefer alpha, arguing that the putative third bar is an unintentional scratch (not excluding the possibility that it represents a correction).
Bibliography
| Casini & Motta 2018 | Stefania Casini, Filippo Motta, "Iscrizioni vascolari celtiche a Bergamo", Notizie Archeologiche Bergomensi 26 (2018), 115–128. |
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