BS·28
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| Reading in transliteration: | aruki |
| Reading in original script: |    
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| Object: | BS·28 Gottolengo (bowl) |
| Position: | bottom, outside |
| 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 |
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| Archaeological culture: | La Tène C 2 [from object] |
| Date of inscription: | 2nd c. BC [from object] |
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| Type: | prob. mark of possessor |
| Language: | Celtic |
| Meaning: | 'of Aruk(i)os' |
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| Alternative sigla: | none |
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| Sources: | De Marinis & Motta 2007: 141 |
Commentary
First published in De Marinis & Motta 2007: 141.
Image in De Marinis & Motta 2007: 159, fig. 6.4 (drawing).
Inscribed on the bottom of the patera near the foot. aruki is a personal name in the genitive; the fact that it is inscribed on five ceramic objects from (probably) the same grave (BS·12, BS·13, BS·14, BS·27) 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. |
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