VB·23
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| Reading in transliteration: | kiketu / ṛẹṭalos |
| Reading in original script: |          
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| Object: | VB·23 Stresa (stela) |
| Position: | front |
| Orientation: | 0° |
| Frame: |    (left: straight, middle: top, right: straight)
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| Direction of writing: | dextroverse |
| Script: | North Italic script (Lepontic alphabet) |
| Letter height: | 7 cm2.756 in <br /> |
| Number of letters: | 13 |
| Number of words: | 2 |
| Number of lines: | 2 |
| Workmanship: | carved |
| Condition: | damaged |
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| Archaeological culture: | La Tène D [from object] |
| Date of inscription: | 1st c. BC [from object] |
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| Type: | funerary |
| Language: | Celtic |
| Meaning: | 'Kiketu son of Retos' (?) |
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| Alternative sigla: | Tibiletti Bruno 1981: 15 Solinas 1995: 121 Morandi 2004: 66 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 564 no. 66 |
Images
 Inscription VB·23 from De Giuli 1979
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 Stela VB·23 Stresa with inscription VB·23 from De Giuli 1979
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 Inscription VB·23 from Tibiletti Bruno 1979
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Commentary
First published in De Giuli 1979: 247.
Images in De Giuli 1979: 247 (photo fig. 2 and drawing), Tibiletti Bruno 1979: 259, fig. 3 (drawing).
On the difficult reading Tibiletti Bruno 1979: 257–260 (257), who interprets retalos as a patronym in -al-, pointing to the late appearance of the suffix in NO·18 (Miasino) (thus also Tibiletti Bruno 1981: 167 f., no. 15, Solinas 1995: 372, no. 121, Morandi 2004: 564, no. 66). Differently Markey & Mees 2003: 139, who appear to regard kiketu as a patronym in -ū (see The Cisalpine Celtic Languages).
See also Tibiletti Bruno 1978c: 24 f.
Bibliography
| De Giuli 1979 | Alberto De Giuli, "Le stele funerarie di Brisino", Sibrium 14 (1978–1979), 245–252. |
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