BS·12

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Inscription
Reading in transliteration:	aruki
Reading in original script:
Object:	BS·12 Gottolengo (bowl)
Position:	bottom, outside
Orientation:	180°
Direction of writing:	sinistroverse
Script:	North Italic script (Lepontic alphabet)
Number of letters:	5
Number of words:	1
Number of lines:	1
Workmanship:	scratched after firing
Condition:	complete
Archaeological culture:	La Tène C 2 [from object]
Date of inscription:	2nd c. BC [from object]
Type:	prob. mark of possessor
Language:	Celtic
Meaning:	'of Aruk(i)os'
Alternative sigla:	Solinas 1995: 43 Morandi 2004: 241
Sources:	Morandi 2004: 675

Images

Drawing of inscription BS·12 from Morandi 2004

Commentary

First published in Tibiletti Bruno 1973: 165 f.

Images in Tibiletti Bruno 1973: tav. E2 (photo), Frontini 1985: tav. 1.14 (drawing), Morandi 2004: 679, fig. 27.241 (drawing), De Marinis & Motta 2007: 159, fig. 6.3 (drawing).

Inscribed upside-down on the bottom of the patera near the foot; well legible. aruki is a personal name in the genitive; the fact that it is inscribed on five ceramic objects from (probably) the same grave (BS·13, BS·14, BS·27, BS·28) indicates that it is an owner's inscription.

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.