BG·7
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| Reading in transliteration: | pit |
| Reading in original script: |   
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| Variant reading: | lit  
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| Object: | BG·7 Bergamo (vase) |
| Position: | outside, wall |
| Orientation: | 0° |
| Direction of writing: | sinistroverse |
| Script: | North Italic script (Lepontic alphabet) |
| Number of letters: | 3 |
| Number of words: | 1 |
| Number of lines: | 1 |
| Workmanship: | scratched after firing |
| Condition: | complete |
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| Archaeological culture: | La Tène D 2 [from object] |
| Date of inscription: | 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: | Solinas 1995: 34 c Morandi 2004: 217 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 661 no. 217 |
Images
 Inscription BG·7 from Morandi
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Commentary
First published in Solinas 1995: 334, no. 34 c.
Images in Morandi 2004: 667, fig. 26.217 (drawing), Morandi 2007: 304, fig. 305 (photo).
Undamaged and clearly legible, inscribed horizontally on the narrow part of the wall. An upside-down and dextroverse reading 
lit can be excluded because of the ductus (esp. of the first letter) and the comparison with BG·30 and BG·28.1; upside-down application of inscriptions is common in the Bergamo area, but only on bowls and cups (BG·30!). Probably an abbreviation of a personal name, see the word pages. An interpretation as a workman's mark is likely considering the reoccurrence of the sequence in the area of Bergamo, though the present one is, unlike the others, sinistroverse.
Solinas also describes a second inscription on the object (on the foot according to Morandi): dextroverse Roman mu, followed by a punct, Lepontic rho or Roman D, and iota (
vel sim.), booked by Morandi as a "sigla di età romana". Morandi 2007: 304, no. 38 further mentions a St. Andrew's cross on the external rim.
