VA·19
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| Reading in transliteration: | uini |
| Reading in original script: |   
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| Object: | VA·19 Arsago Seprio (bowl) |
| Position: | bottom, outside |
| Orientation: | 180° |
| Direction of writing: | sinistroverse |
| Script: | North Italic script |
| adapted to: | Latin script |
| Letter height: | 0.8 cm0.315 in <br /> |
| Number of letters: | 4 |
| 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: | 'of Uin(i)os' |
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| Alternative sigla: | Morandi 2004: 119 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 602 no. 119 |
Images
 Inscription VA·19 from Morandi
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 Inscription VA·19 from Morandi
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 Patera VA·19 Arsago Seprio with inscription VA·19
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 Inscription VA·19
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Commentary
First published in Morandi 2001: 13, no. 7. Examined for LexLep on 30th April 2022.
Images in Morandi 2001: 13, no. 7 (drawing), Morandi 2004: 603, fig. 16.119 (drawing) and tav. XVIII.119 (photo).
Inscribed upside-down on the bottom of the patera near the rim of the foot (length 2.5 cm); the tip of upsilon is damaged by a break. Nu, whose form is difficult to judge due to the absence of a straight baseline in the inscription, could also be classified as Latin 
; influence from Latin can certainly be argued with regard to the large angle formed by the bars (cf. VA·20 from the same grave). The sinistroverse writing direction precludes a classification of the inscription's alphabet as Latin (but note that other attestations of uin° (MI·16, NO·12, NO·17.2) are all written in the Latin alphabet).
The sequence can be interpreted as a Celtic masculine personal name in the genitive (thus Morandi; see the word page for details).
