MI·4
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| Reading in transliteration: | ue |
| Reading in original script: |  
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| Object: | MI·4 Paderno Dugnano (bowl) |
| Position: | bottom, outside |
| Orientation: | 45° |
| Direction of writing: | dextroverse |
| Script: | North Italic script (Lepontic alphabet) |
| Letter height: | 1.9–2.2 cm0.748 in <br />0.866 in <br /> |
| Number of letters: | 2 |
| Number of words: | 1 |
| Number of lines: | 1 |
| Workmanship: | scratched after firing |
| Condition: | complete |
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| Archaeological culture: | La Tène D 2 [from object] |
| Date of inscription: | middle or second half of 1st c. BC [from object] |
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| Type: | unknown |
| Language: | perhaps Celtic |
| Meaning: | abbreviation (?) |
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| Alternative sigla: | Solinas 1995: 107 Morandi 2004: 134 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 612 no. 134 |
Images
 Patera fragment MI·4 Paderno Dugnano with inscription MI·4
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 Inscription MI·4
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 Inscription MI·4 from Molinari
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Commentary
First published in Molinari 1974: 71 f. Examined for LexLep on 27th April 2022.
Images in Molinari 1974: 72, fig. 2 (drawing), Tizzoni 1984: tav. LXXX c (drawing).
Inscribed at an angle on the bottom of the bowl (length 3.5 cm); both letters are neat and clearly legible. Suggested to be an abbreviation of a personal name by Tibiletti Bruno 1984: 123; see the word page for details. Cf. MI·3 from the same grave.
