MI·19

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Inscription
Reading in transliteration:	se
Reading in original script:
Object:	MI·19 Milano (beaker)
Position:	foot, outside
Direction of writing:	sinistroverse
Script:	North Italic script (Lepontic alphabet)
Letter height:	3 cm1.181 in <br />
Number of letters:	2
Number of words:	1
Number of lines:	1
Workmanship:	scratched after firing
Condition:	complete
Archaeological culture:	La Tène B 1 [from object]
Date of inscription:	second half of 4th c. BC [from object]
Type:	unknown
Language:	perhaps Celtic
Meaning:	abbreviation (?)
Alternative sigla:	none
Sources:	Casini & Motta 2011: 459 f.

Commentary

First published in Casini & Motta 2011: 459 f., no. 1.

Images in Casini & Motta 2011: 461, fig. 1.1 (drawing and photo).

Two large letters inscribed on the foot of the beaker. Epsilon right in the centre is unambiguous; the character to its right is a handlebar-shaped squiggle which is best identified as sigma (thus also Casini & Motta), whose execution is often wonky in alphabetically Lepontic inscriptions. se may be an abbreviated personal name; see the word page for details.

Corinna Salomon

Bibliography

Casini & Motta 2011	Stefania Casini, Filippo Motta, "Alcune iscrizioni preromane inedite da Milano", Notizie Archeologiche Bergomensi 19 (2011), 459–469.