BG·31
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| Reading in transliteration: | talu |
| Reading in original script: |    
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| Object: | BG·31 Verdello (cup) |
| Position: | outside, wall |
| Orientation: | 180° |
| Direction of writing: | sinistroverse |
| Script: | North Italic script (Lepontic alphabet) |
| adapted to: | Latin script |
| Number of letters: | 4 |
| Number of words: | 1 |
| Number of lines: | 1 |
| Workmanship: | scratched |
| Condition: | complete, damaged |
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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: | prob. Celtic |
| Meaning: | 'Talu' (?) |
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| Alternative sigla: | Morandi 2004: 288 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 712 no. 288 |
Images
 Detail of BG·31 Verdello with inscription BG·31 from Morandi
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 Inscription BG·31 from Morandi
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Commentary
First published in Morandi 2003: 127 f., no. 5.
Images in Morandi 2003: 127 (drawing = Morandi 2004: 712) and fig. 5 (photo = Morandi 2004: 712, fig. 35 = Morandi 2007: 299, fig. 298 [in colour]).
Inscribed upside-down in large, neat letters on the wall of the cup; all letters are damaged by a horizontal break which does not impede the reading. The shape of alpha with two hastae, as opposed to the standard late Lepontic form 
, is probably due to its greater similarity with Latin 
(cf. BG·22, BG·29, BG·36.1 and BG·36.2). The form is most likely a hypocoristic on-stem personal name (Morandi 2007: 299 f., no. 27) or an abbreviation.
