TI·21
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| Reading in transliteration: | ateratos |
| Reading in original script: |      
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| Object: | TI·21 Locarno (bottle) |
| Position: | shoulder, outside |
| Orientation: | 0° |
| Direction of writing: | sinistroverse |
| Script: | North Italic script (Lepontic alphabet) |
| Letter height: | 1.2–1.6 cm0.472 in <br />0.63 in <br /> |
| Number of letters: | 8 |
| Number of words: | 1 |
| Number of lines: | 1 |
| Workmanship: | scratched after firing |
| Condition: | complete |
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| Archaeological culture: | La Tène D [from object] |
| Date of inscription: | late 2nd–1st c. BC [from object] |
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| Type: | unknown |
| Language: | Celtic |
| Meaning: | 'Ateratos' |
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| Alternative sigla: | Tibiletti Bruno 1981: 4 Solinas 1995: 26 Motta 2000: 27 Morandi 2004: 21 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 530 f. no. 21 |
Images
 Drawing of inscription TI·21 from Morandi
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 Inscription TI·21 from Motta
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 Fiasca a trottola TI·21 Locarno with inscription TI·21
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 Inscription TI·21
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 Detail of TI·21 Locarno with inscription TI·21 from Tibiletti Bruno
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 Drawing of inscription TI·21 from Tibiletti Bruno
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Commentary
First published in Tibiletti Bruno 1966: 21–24. Examined for LexLep on 17th October 2023.
Images in Tibiletti Bruno 1966: 22 (photo) and 23 (drawing), Stöckli 1975: 179, Taf. 41 (drawing), Morandi 1999: 168 (drawing), Motta 2000: 215, fig. 24 (photo = Morandi 2004: 783, tav. VI.21).
Inscribed along a decorative painted circle close to the neck of the bottle (length 5 cm); well legible. One of the hastae of the second is prolonged on top, a slip of the tool. ateratos is a masculine personal name in the nominative (Tibiletti Bruno 1966: 21–24); see the word page for details.
See also Morandi 1999: 167 f., no. 11.
