BG·48

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Inscription
Reading in transliteration: ]?r
Reading in original script: R3 s?[

Object: BG·48 Bergamo (bowl)
Position: bottom, outside
Direction of writing: sinistroverse
Script: unknown
Number of letters: 2
Number of lines: 1
Workmanship: scratched after firing
Condition: fragmentary

Archaeological culture: unknown [from object]
Date of inscription: prob. 1st century BC [from object]

Type: unknown
Language: unknown
Meaning: unknown

Alternative sigla: none

Sources: Casini & Motta 2018: 126 no. 14

Commentary

First published in Casini & Motta 2018: 126, no. 14.

Images in Casini & Motta 2018: 125, fig. 5.14 (photo and drawings).

On the right side of the fragment, the remains of two deeply incised characters: rho is only damaged at the top, but of the character to its right, only the lower part of a hasta remains (Casini and Motta read ). Status as language-encoding inscription uncertain.

Corinna Salomon

Bibliography

Casini & Motta 2018 Stefania Casini, Filippo Motta, "Iscrizioni vascolari celtiche a Bergamo", Notizie Archeologiche Bergomensi 26 (2018), 115–128.