VB·17
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| Reading in transliteration: | atis |
| 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: | 0.7–1.5 cm0.276 in <br />0.591 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: | unknown |
| 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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Commentary
First published in Bianchetti 1895: 219.
Image in Morandi 2004: 566, fig. 12.60 (drawing).
All agreed on the reading: Kretschmer 1905: 98, no. 5, Rhŷs 1913: 60, no. 5 ("mixed letters"), Whatmough PID: 118, no. 318, Tibiletti Bruno 1978: 145.
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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