BG·49
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| Reading in transliteration: | piuo |
| Reading in original script: |    
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| Object: | BG·49 Caravaggio (pot) |
| Position: | foot, outside |
| Direction of writing: | sinistroverse |
| Script: | North Italic script (Lepontic alphabet) |
| Letter height: | 3–4 cm1.181 in <br />1.575 in <br /> |
| Number of letters: | 4 |
| Number of words: | 1 |
| Number of lines: | 1 |
| Workmanship: | scratched after firing |
| Condition: | complete |
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| Archaeological culture: | La Tène D 1 [from object] |
| Date of inscription: | late 2nd–early 1st c. BC [from object] |
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| Type: | unknown |
| Language: | Celtic |
| Meaning: | 'Piuo' |
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| Alternative sigla: | none |
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| Sources: | De Marinis & Motta 2007: 135 f. |
Commentary
First published in De Marinis & Motta 2007: 135 f.
Image in De Marinis & Motta 2007: 154, fig. 1.1 (drawing).
Inscribed in large, neat letters on the foot of the vessel; the reading is unambiguous. piuo is a personal name in the nominative; see the word page for details.
Bibliography
| De Marinis & Motta 2007 | Raffaele C. de Marinis, Filippo Motta, "Iscrizioni del II e I secolo a.C. dal territorio insubre e cenomane", in: Francesca Moradini, Marina Volonté (eds), Contributi di archeologia in memoria di Mario Mirabella Roberti. Cavriana 15–16 ottobre 2005 [= Annali Benacensi 13–14], Brescia: 2007, 135–160. |
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