PV·2
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| Inscription | |
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| Reading in transliteration: | spt |
| Reading in original script: | unknown |
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| Object: | PV·2 Garlasco (bowl) |
| Position: | bottom, outside |
| Direction of writing: | dextroverse |
| Script: | unknown |
| Number of letters: | 3 |
| Number of words: | 1 |
| Number of lines: | 1 |
| Workmanship: | scratched after firing |
| Condition: | unknown |
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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: | unknown |
| Meaning: | unknown |
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| Alternative sigla: | Solinas 1995: 111 Morandi 2004: 102 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 591 |
Commentary
Image in Frontini 1985: tav. 24.3.
Inscribed on the bottom of the patera, "tre lettere di dubbia classificazione" (Morandi) implies uncertainty whether the inscription is alphabetically Lepontic or Latin. Solinas suggests a "[s]cheletro consonantico di un nome proprio" like sapsuta.
Bibliography
| Frontini 1985 | Patrizia Frontini, La ceramica a vernice nera nei contesti tombali della Lombardia [= Archeologia dell'Italia Settentrionale 3], Como: 1985. |
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