TI·44
| Inscription | |
|---|---|
| Reading in transliteration: | ]ọni : klanalui : p̣ala |
| Reading in original script: |          [
|
|
| |
| Object: | TI·44 Bioggio (stela) |
| Position: | front |
| Orientation: | 270° |
| Frame: |   ? (left: waisted head, middle: top and bottom, right: unknown)
|
| Direction of writing: | sinistroverse |
| Script: | North Italic script (Lepontic alphabet) |
| Letter height: | 4.5–9 cm1.772 in <br />3.543 in <br /> |
| Number of letters: | 15 |
| Number of words: | 3 |
| Number of lines: | 1 |
| Workmanship: | carved |
| Condition: | incomplete |
|
| |
| Archaeological culture: | Golasecca III A, La Tène B, La Tène C |
| Date of inscription: | 5th–mid-2rd c. BC |
|
| |
| Type: | funerary |
| Language: | Celtic |
| Meaning: | 'pala for °u son of Klanos' |
|
| |
| Alternative sigla: | Morandi 2004: 301 |
|
| |
| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 718 no. 301 |
Images
 Inscription TI·44 from Morandi
|
 Stela TI·44 Bioggio with inscription TI·44 from Morandi
|
 Stela TI·44 Bioggio with inscription TI·44
|
Commentary
First published in Solinas 2002: 488 f., no. 3. Examined for LexLep on 16th October 2023.
Images in Solinas 2002: 488 (drawing), Morandi 2004: 720, fig. 39.301 (drawing) and 811, tav. XXXIV.301 (photo).
The fragment preserves the latter part of an inscription (length of the remains 81 cm) written running upward between frame lines (width 9.5 cm) which end in an only partly preserved stylised head; the bottom end of the frame is not preserved. The surface is very damaged; the letters are only visible under raking light. The bars of nu appear to be executed as a curve, cf. TI·29, TI·30, TI·32, TI·36.1, TI·37, TI·39.
The inscription contains the standard text formula of Ticino gravestones with the name of the deceased in the dative (lost on-stem individual name in -oni plus patronym in -al-ūi̯) and pala; see the word pages for details.
Dating based on the shape of the anthropomorphic frame according to the typology of De Marinis & Motta 1991: 206 (type C).
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. |
|---|
