MI·17
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| Reading in transliteration: | caledonos |
| Reading in original script: |        
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| Object: | MI·17 San Giorgio su Legnano (bowl) |
| Position: | bottom, outside |
| Orientation: | 180° |
| Direction of writing: | dextroverse |
| Script: | Latin script |
| Letter height: | 0.6 cm0.236 in <br /> |
| Number of letters: | 9 |
| Number of words: | 1 |
| Number of lines: | 1 |
| Workmanship: | scratched after firing |
| Condition: | complete |
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| Archaeological culture: | Augustan [from object] |
| Date of inscription: | late 1st c. BC [from object] |
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| Type: | unknown |
| Language: | Celtic |
| Meaning: | 'of Caledu' |
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| Alternative sigla: | none |
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| Sources: | Di Maio 1998: 106 f. |
Images
 Fragmentary bowl MI·17 San Giorgio su Legnano with inscription MI·17
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 Inscription MI·17
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Commentary
First published in Sutermeister 1956: 20–22.
Images in Sutermeister 1956: 7, tomba 2.5 (drawing), Volonté 1993b: 46, fig. 6 (drawing = Volonté 2012: 730, fig. 6.3, Di Maio 1998: 106 (photo).
Inscribed upside-down on the bottom of the patera (length ca. 6 cm) between two decorative lines which run all around the vessel. The letters are very neat and well legible; the alphabet is Latin with little to no influence from North Italic writing. The form can be identified as the genitive of the Celtic personal name caledū (thus already Volonté 2012: 728; see the word page for details).
Bibliography
| Di Maio 1998 | Paola di Maio, Lungo il fiume. Terre e genti nell'antica valle dell'Olona, Legnano: 1998. |
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