BS·17
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| Reading in transliteration: | koplutuṣ |
| Reading in original script: |       
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| Object: | BS·17 Remedello (bowl) |
| Position: | bottom, outside |
| Orientation: | 0° |
| Direction of writing: | dextroverse |
| Script: | North Italic script (Lepontic alphabet) |
| Number of letters: | 8 |
| 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: | 'Koplutus' |
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| Alternative sigla: | Solinas 1995: 47 Morandi 2004: 246 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 677 |
Images
 Drawing of inscription BS·17 from Morandi 2004
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Commentary
First published in Tibiletti Bruno 1973: 163 f.
Images in Tibiletti Bruno 1973: tav. D4 (photo), Frontini 1985: tav. 9.3, Morandi 2004: 679, fig. 27.246 (drawing).
Inscribed upright on the bottom of the bowl above the rim of the foot; the reading appear to be unproblematic. koplutus is a personal name in the nominative with Latinised ending; see the word page.
