NO·30
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| Inscription | |
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| Reading in transliteration: | piraki |
| Reading in original script: | |
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| Object: | NO·30 Dormelletto (bottle) |
| Position: | shoulder, outside |
| Orientation: | 0° |
| Direction of writing: | sinistroverse |
| Script: | North Italic script (Lepontic alphabet) |
| Letter height: | 0.9–1.2 cm0.354 in <br />0.472 in <br /> |
| Number of letters: | 6 |
| Number of words: | 1 |
| Number of lines: | 1 |
| Workmanship: | scratched after firing |
| Condition: | complete |
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| Archaeological culture: | La Tène D 1 [from object] |
| Date of inscription: | late 2nd–early 1st c. BC [from object] |
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| Type: | prob. mark of possessor |
| Language: | Celtic |
| Meaning: | 'of Pirakos' |
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| Alternative sigla: | none |
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| Sources: | Spagnolo Garzoli 2009: 172 |
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Commentary
First published in Spagnolo Garzoli 2009: 149, 172. Examined for LexLep on 24th April 2024.
Images in Spagnolo Garzoli 2009: 149, fig. 307.11 (drawing) and 173, fig. 347 (photo).
Inscribed in neat, even letters on the shoulder of the bottle (length 3.2 cm); the inscription is preserved on one of the larger fragments of the bottle, essentially undamaged and well legible. The sequence piraki is a personal name in the genitive, presumably that of an owner of the vessel.