CO·39

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Inscription
Reading in transliteration: lu
Reading in original script: U sL s
Variant reading: pa
P dA24 s

Object: CO·39 Rondineto (unidentifiable)
Position: foot, outside
Direction of writing: ambiguous
Script: North Italic script (Lepontic alphabet)
Number of letters: 2
Number of words: 1
Number of lines: 1
Workmanship: scratched after firing
Condition: complete

Archaeological culture: Golasecca III A [from object]
Date of inscription: 5th–early 4th c. BC [from object]

Type: unknown
Language: perhaps Celtic
Meaning: unknown

Alternative sigla: Solinas 1995: 94 m

Sources: Solinas 1995: 360 f.

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Commentary

First published in Garovaglio 1883: 20, no. 7.

Images in Garovaglio 1883: fig. 7 (drawing), Tibiletti Bruno 1966b: 285, tav. XIII.30 (photo).

Inscribed on the foot of the vessel. The first letter may be lambda or pi depending on the orientation, the second letter may be upsilon or alpha depending on whether the bar inside the chevron is intentional or not. See also Tibiletti Bruno 1966b: 209, no. 30.

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