VA·8
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| Reading in transliteration: | anisa |
| Reading in original script: |    
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| Object: | VA·8 Somma Lombardo (bowl) |
| Position: | bottom, outside |
| Orientation: | 180° |
| Direction of writing: | dextroverse |
| Script: | North Italic script (Lepontic alphabet) |
| Number of letters: | 5 |
| 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: | mid-2nd–1st c. BC [from object] |
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| Type: | unknown |
| Language: | prob. Celtic |
| Meaning: | 'Anisa' |
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| Alternative sigla: | Morandi 2004: 108 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 597 no. 108 |
Images
 Inscription VA·8 from Morandi
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 Inscription VA·8 from Simone
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Commentary
First published in Simone 1986: 102 sub b.
Images in Simone 1986: 103, tav. 1 b (drawing), Morandi 2001: 11, no. 3 (drawing = [traced] Morandi 2004: 603, fig. 16.108).
Applied upside-down with irregular letters close to the foot. Nu could also be classified as Latinised 
. Sigma is executed as an irregular flat zig-zag of five lines; see S and cf. a similar form in VA·7 from the same grave. From the same grave also VA·9.
The sequence can be interpreted as a feminine personal name; a Celtic analysis is possible, but no exact comparanda are available (see the word page).
The inscription is also mentioned in Solinas 1995: 385, Morandi 2001: 11, no. 3.
