CO·3
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| Reading in transliteration: | ]ouki?[ |
| Reading in original script: | ]?    [
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| Object: | CO·3 Rondineto (unidentifiable) |
| Position: | outside, rim |
| Orientation: | 0° |
| Direction of writing: | sinistroverse |
| Script: | North Italic script (Lepontic alphabet) |
| Letter height: | 2.4 cm0.945 in <br /> |
| Number of letters: | 5 |
| Number of words: | 1 |
| Number of lines: | 1 |
| Workmanship: | scratched after firing |
| Condition: | fragmentary |
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| Archaeological culture: | Golasecca III A [from object] |
| Date of inscription: | 5th–early 4th c. BC [from object] |
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| Type: | unknown |
| Language: | perhaps Celtic |
| Meaning: | unknown |
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| Alternative sigla: | Whatmough 1933 (PID): 286 Solinas 1995: 77 Morandi 2004: 150 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 624 |
Images
 Drawing of inscription CO·3 from Morandi 2004
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 Drawing of inscription CO·3 from Solinas 1995
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 Potsherd CO·3 Rondineto with inscription CO·3 from Tibiletti Bruno 1969b
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Commentary
First published in Barelli 1877b: 102. Examined for LexLep on 2nd April 2025.
Images in Barelli 1877b: tav. I.13 (drawing by Giuseppe Massuero), Barelli 1877/Garovaglio 1877: tav. I.21 (drawing), Gamurrini 1880: tav. I.2b (drawing copied from Massuero), Oberziner 1883: tav. XVIII.7 (drawing copied from Garovaglio), Pauli 1885: Taf. I.18b (drawing copied from Massuero), Tibiletti Bruno 1969b: 286, tav. XIV.37 (photo), Solinas 1995: 349 (drawing), Morandi 2004: 628, fig. 20.150 (drawing).
Inscribed quite neatly across the full height of the outside rim of the vessel (length of remains 5 cm). The first reading ]θuki[ by Poggi 1879: 311, no. 48 (also Gamurrini 1880: 1, no. 2b, Oberziner 1883: 145) was corrected to ]ouki[ (or ]olki[) by Pauli 1885: 9 f., no. 18 b (also Giussani 1902: 44 f., no. 14, Rhŷs 1913: 38 f., no. III.1.1b, Rhŷs 1914: 8, Tibiletti Bruno 1969b: 212 f., no. 37). Whatmough PID: 100 "noticed a clear punct between u and k", which does not exist; the same applies to the "linea guida" below the letters seen by Morandi (who probably means the bend of the rim). After iota, the remains of a hasta can be seen in the lower area.
The sequence )ouki?( may be part of a Celtic personal name; see the word page.
See also Barelli 1877: 4.
Bibliography
| Barelli 1877 | Vincenzo Barelli, "Villaggio preromano di Rondineto", Rivista Archeologica della Provincia di Como 11 (1877), 1–32. |
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| Barelli 1877b | Vincenzo Barelli, "II. Como", Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità (1877), 101–106. |
