VB·17
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| Reading in transliteration: | atis(?)s |
| Reading in original script: |     (?)
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| Object: | VB·17 Ornavasso (cup) |
| Position: | foot, outside |
| Direction of writing: | dextroverse |
| Script: | Latin script |
| Letter height: | 0.8–1.9 cm0.315 in <br />0.748 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: | Roman imperial period [from object] |
| Date of inscription: | 30–55 AD [from object] |
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| Type: | unknown |
| Language: | prob. Celtic |
| Meaning: | abbreviation (?) |
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| Alternative sigla: | Whatmough 1933 (PID): 318 Morandi 2004: 60 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 560 f. no. 60 |
Images
 Inscription VB·17 from Morandi 2004
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 Inscription VB·17
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Commentary
First published in Bianchetti 1895: 68 (no. 5), 219. Examined for LexLep on 20th April 2024.
Image in Morandi 2004: 566, fig. 12.60 (drawing).
Inscribed in the Latin alphabet on the foot of the cup along the rim (length 2.3 cm). Bianchetti and following him Kretschmer 1905: 98, Rhŷs 1913: 60 and Whatmough PID: 118, no. 318, read atis; as observed by Tibiletti Bruno 1978: 145 and Morandi, a second sigma, elongated on top, follows; in addition, the upper curve of the first sigma is extended into a half-moon shape 
, and a horizontal line crosses it on top. It may be suspected that a writing mistake occurred here; which lines are erroneous, which are corrections, and what the writer's intention was, is unclear. Whatever the ending, atis° may be a Celtic personal name (see the word page).
See also Piana Agostinetti 1972: ?, Piana Agostinetti 1997–1999 II: 115, no. 1358, in IV Morandi 1999b: 323 f., no. 14.
Bibliography
| Bianchetti 1895 | Enrico Bianchetti, I sepolcreti di Ornavasso [= Atti della Società di Archeologia e Belle Arti della provincia di Torino 6], Torino: Paravia 1895. |
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