Cr 3.22
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| Reading in transliteration: | micelθestra |
| Reading in original script: | unknown |
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| Object: | Cr 3.22 Cerveteri (bowl) |
| Position: | unknown |
| Direction of writing: | sinistroverse |
| Script: | Etruscan script |
| Number of letters: | 11 |
| Number of words: | 2 |
| Number of lines: | 1 |
| Workmanship: | unknown |
| Condition: | unknown |
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| Archaeological culture: | unknown [from object] |
| Date of inscription: | late 6th c. BC [from object] |
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| Type: | dedicatory |
| Language: | Etruscan |
| Meaning: | 'I (was given) by Celθe' |
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| Alternative sigla: | none |
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| Sources: | Colonna 1985: 270 f. |
Commentary
celθestra is suggested to be derived from a Greek *κελτός by Colonna 1985: 270 f.; see the word page.
Bibliography
| Colonna 1985 | Giovanni Colonna (ed.), II commercio etrusco arcaico [= Quaderni di Centro di Studio per l'Archeologia Etrusco-Italica], Roma: 1985. |
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