BS·16
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| Reading in transliteration: | atlatụ |
| Reading in original script: |    
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| Object: | BS·16 Remedello (cup) |
| Position: | bottom, outside |
| Orientation: | 180° |
| Direction of writing: | dextroverse |
| Script: | North Italic script (Lepontic alphabet) |
| Number of letters: | 6 |
| 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: | unknown |
| Language: | Celtic |
| Meaning: | 'Atlatu' |
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| Alternative sigla: | Solinas 1995: 46 Morandi 2004: 245 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 677 |
Images
 Drawing of inscription BS·16 from Morandi 2004
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Commentary
First published in Tibiletti Bruno 1973: 163–165.
Images in Tibiletti Bruno 1973: tav. D3 (photo), Frontini 1985: tav. 15.7, Morandi 2004: 679, fig. 27.245 (drawing).
Inscribed upside-down on the outside bottom of the cup. The first four letters are clear; after follows a short oblique scratch in the upper area, and a small chevron in the lower area. The reason for this is not clear – cf. Tibiletti Bruno 1973: 164 f., who tentatively reads the chevron as inverted upsilon, and considers the possibility that the single line is iota. Solinas and Morandi give, without discussion, a reading atlatu, which has the advantage of being a plausible personal name (see the word page).
