VA·21
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| Reading in transliteration: | ilauki |
| Reading in original script: |     
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| Object: | VA·21 Arsago Seprio (bowl) |
| Position: | bottom, outside |
| Orientation: | 180° |
| Direction of writing: | dextroverse |
| Script: | North Italic script (Lepontic alphabet) |
| Letter height: | 2.8–3.8 cm1.102 in <br />1.496 in <br /> |
| Number of letters: | 6 |
| Number of words: | 1 |
| Number of lines: | 1 |
| Workmanship: | scratched |
| 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: | prob. Celtic |
| Meaning: | 'of Ilauk(i)os' |
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| Alternative sigla: | Morandi 2004: 121 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 604 f. no. 121 |
Images
 Inscription VA·21 from Morandi 2004
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 Inscription VA·21 from Morandi
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 Patera VA·21 Arsago Seprio with inscription VA·21
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 Inscription VA·21
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Commentary
First published in Volontè Fredini 1990: 68, 72. Examined for LexLep on 30th April 2022.
Images in Veronesi 1990: tav. VIIIf (drawing), Morandi 2001: 14, no. 8 (drawing), Morandi 2004: 609, fig. 17.121 (drawing) and tav. XIX.121 (photo).
Inscribed upside-down in large letters on the bottom of the patera (length ca. 9.7 cm); the reading is clear. Final kappa and iota are located on a separate fragment, but only the upper tip of the bar of kappa is missing. ilauki can be interpreted as a masculine personal name in the genitive; it is probably Celtic, though its analysis is unclear in detail (see the word page).
Also mentioned in Solinas 1995: 384.
