TI·26
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| Reading in transliteration: | teromui : kualui |
| Reading in original script: |           
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| Object: | TI·26 Vira Gambarogno (stela) |
| Position: | front |
| Orientation: | 270° |
| Frame: |    (left: waisted head, middle: top and bottom, right: feet)
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| Direction of writing: | sinistroverse |
| Script: | North Italic script (Lepontic alphabet) |
| Letter height: | 4.5–16 cm1.772 in <br />6.299 in <br /> |
| Number of letters: | 13 |
| Number of words: | 2 |
| Number of lines: | 1 |
| Workmanship: | carved |
| Condition: | complete |
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| Archaeological culture: | La Tène B, La Tène C |
| Date of inscription: | 4th–mid-2nd c. BC |
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| Type: | funerary |
| Language: | Celtic |
| Meaning: | 'for Teromos son of Kuos' |
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| Alternative sigla: | Whatmough 1933 (PID): 267 Solinas 1995: 29 Motta 2000: 4 Morandi 2004: 25 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 533 no. 25 |
Images
 Inscription TI·26 from Morandi
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 Stela TI·26 Vira Gambarogno from Motta
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 Stela TI·26 Vira Gambarogno with inscription TI·26
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Commentary
First published in Giussani 1919. Examined for LexLep on 16th October 2023.
Images in Giussani 1919: 16, fig. 1 (photo) and 17, fig. 2 (drawing), Morandi 2004: 236, fig. 9.25 (drawing), Motta 2000: 199, fig. 3 (photo = Stifter 2020: ?).
Inscribed in a single line within a frame running from bottom to top (length 79.5 cm); the neck and beginning of the head of the anthropomorphic figure are preserved on top, while the bottom end is executed with stylised feet (Piana Agostinetti 2004: 147). The frame is of uneven width (max. 19.5 cm in the middle, 12 cm at the neck). The inscription is thus complete (pace Tibiletti Bruno 1975: 53); no traces of a word divider or letters can be seen on the intact surface above final iota. The usual pala is not part of the text; the inscription consists in the name of the deceased (individual name + patronym) in the dative. See the word pages for details.
De Marinis & Motta 1991: 206 tentatively ascribe the stela to their type B (anthropomorphic frame closed at the bottom), but the narrowing at the neck and presence of feet indicate type C (hence the dating as given above). Morandi 2004 dates the inscription to the first half of the 4th c. BC.
See also Pometta 1917, Pisani 1964: 281, no. 118 A, Tibiletti Bruno 1978: 139, 188.
Bibliography
| De Marinis & Motta 1991 | Raffaele C. De Marinis, Filippo Motta, "Una nuova iscrizione lepontica su pietra da Mezzovico (Lugano)", Sibrium 21 (1990–1991), 201–225. |
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| Giussani 1919 | Antonio Giussani, "L'iscrizione nord-etrusca di Vira-Gambarogno", Rivista archeologica della provincia e antica diocesi di Como 76–78 (1917–1918 [1919]), 15–21. |
