VA·10
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| Reading in transliteration: | kas |
| Reading in original script: |   
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| Object: | VA·10 Somma Lombardo (bowl) |
| Position: | outside |
| Direction of writing: | dextroverse |
| Script: | North Italic script (Lepontic alphabet) |
| Number of letters: | 3 |
| Number of words: | 1 |
| Number of lines: | 1 |
| Workmanship: | scratched |
| Condition: | unknown |
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| Archaeological culture: | La Tène D [from object] |
| Date of inscription: | mid-2nd–1st c. BC [from object] |
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| Type: | unknown |
| Language: | prob. Celtic |
| Meaning: | abbreviation (?) |
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| Alternative sigla: | Morandi 2004: 110 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 598 no. 110 |
Images
 Inscription VA·10 from Simone
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Commentary
First published in Simone 1986: 110 sub b.
Image in Simone 1986: 109, tav. IV b (drawing).
The reading kas is suggested by Morandi based on the drawing in Simone. Kappa and alpha seem clear; the third letter looks like three-stroke sigma, but cf. VA·7 and VA·8 from the same necropolis with four- and five-stroke sigma. Assuming that the reading is correct, the sequence may be an abbreviation of a personal name (see the word page). In same grave was found VA·11.
Also mentioned in Solinas 1995: 385.
