BG·37
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| Reading in transliteration: | pau |
| Reading in original script: |   
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| Object: | BG·37 Verdello (plate) |
| Position: | bottom, outside |
| Orientation: | 0° |
| Direction of writing: | sinistroverse |
| Script: | North Italic script (Lepontic alphabet) |
| Letter height: | 2 cm0.787 in <br /> |
| 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 century BC [from object] |
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| Type: | unknown |
| Language: | perhaps Celtic |
| Meaning: | abbreviation (?) |
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| Alternative sigla: | Morandi 2004: 294 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 715 no. 294 |
Commentary
First published in Morandi 2003: 133 f., no. 15.
Images in Poggiani Keller 2003b: 101, fig. 2.1 (drawing), Morandi 2003: 133 (drawing) and fig. 19 (photo).
Incised on the bottom of the plate; see the object page for additional, unrelated marks. Morandi 2004 gives the average height as 2 cm, but alpha is much larger than pi. Upsilon appears to be disturbed by some additional scratches, but Morandi does not qualify his reading. Possibly an abbreviated personal name, as suggested by Morandi, though comparanda with a suitable base are sparse (see the word page); <au> may be a Latinised spelling (cf. BG·29).
