NO·25
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| Reading in transliteration: | auṇmi |
| Reading in original script: |     
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| Object: | NO·25 Varallo Pombia (gravel) |
| Position: | unknown |
| Direction of writing: | sinistroverse |
| Script: | perh. North Italic script |
| Letter height: | 2–4 cm0.787 in <br />1.575 in <br /> |
| Number of letters: | 5 |
| Number of words: | 1 |
| Number of lines: | 1 |
| Workmanship: | carved |
| Condition: | damaged |
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| Archaeological culture: | unknown [from object] |
| Date of inscription: | unknown [from object] |
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| Type: | unknown |
| Language: | unknown |
| Meaning: | unknown |
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| Alternative sigla: | Morandi 2004: 303 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 719–721 |
Images
 Drawing of inscription NO·25 from Morandi 2004
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 Paper cast of inscription NO·25 from Morandi 2004
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Commentary
Images in Morandi 2004: 720, fig. 39.303 (drawing) and 721, fig. 40 (photo of a paper cast).
The record of the find in the Achivio Centrale dello Stato gives a Latin reading lamia; Morandi suggests instead to read a sinistroverse inscription in the Lepontic alphabet auṇmi, a personal name in the genitive. His dating of the document to "forse nell'ambito del II sec. a.C" is surprising considering the presence of alpha . As Morandi notes, there is no evident reason to doubt the authenticity of the inscription, but the Lepontic reading seems doubtful to me; the sequence nm is not plausible from a Celtic perspective, and the whole thing looks suspiciously zig-zaggy, or at least cursive.
