VB·18
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| Reading in transliteration: | atecua |
| Reading in original script: |     
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| Object: | VB·18 Ornavasso (cup) |
| Position: | bottom |
| Direction of writing: | dextroverse |
| Script: | Latin script |
| Letter height: | 0.5 cm0.197 in <br /> |
| Number of letters: | 6 |
| 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: | Celtic |
| Meaning: | 'Atecua' |
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| Alternative sigla: | Whatmough 1933 (PID): 319 Morandi 2004: 61 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 561 no. 61 |
Images
 Inscription VB·18 from Morandi 2004
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Commentary
First published in Bianchetti 1895: 272.
Image in Morandi 2004: 566, fig. 12.61 (drawing).
All agreed on the reading: Danielsson 1909: 27, n. 1, Rhŷs 1913: 60, no. 2, Whatmough PID: 118 f., no. 319.
See also Piana Agostinetti 1972: 272, no. 10, Tav. XXXI.10, Piana Agostinetti 1997–1999 II: 137, n. 1887, in IV Morandi 1999b: 325, no. 15.
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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| Danielsson 1909 | Olof August Danielsson, Zu den venetischen und lepontischen Inschriften [= Skrifter utgivna av Kungliga Humanistiska Vetenskaps-Samfundet i Uppsala 13.1], Uppsala – Leipzig: 1909. |
