VB·20
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| Inscription | |
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| Reading in transliteration: | pa |
| Reading in original script: |  
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| Object: | VB·20 Gravellona Toce (bottle) |
| Position: | foot, outside |
| Direction of writing: | dextroverse |
| Script: | Latin script |
| Number of letters: | 2 |
| Number of words: | 1 |
| Number of lines: | 1 |
| Workmanship: | unknown |
| Condition: | unknown |
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| Archaeological culture: | La Tène D [from object] |
| Date of inscription: | first half of 1st c. BC [from object] |
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| Type: | unknown |
| Language: | unknown |
| Meaning: | abbreviation (?) |
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| Alternative sigla: | Morandi 2004: 63 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 562 no. 63 |
Commentary
First published in Pattaroni 1963: 23.
Image in Piana Agostinetti 1972: tav. XXXI.4 (drawing).
Inscribed on the foot of the vessel. The letters are evidently Latin, which is surprising with regard to the dating – the only alphabetically Latin inscription on a vaso a trottola. pa may be an abbreviation of a personal name.
See also Piana Agostinetti 1972: 271, no. 4, Morandi 1999b: 322, n. 13.
