VB·8

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Inscription
Reading in transliteration:	sa
Reading in original script:
Object:	VB·8 Ornavasso (bottle)
Position:	shoulder, outside
Orientation:	0°
Direction of writing:	dextroverse
Script:	North Italic script (Lepontic alphabet)
Letter height:	0.8–1.1 cm0.315 in <br />0.433 in <br />
Number of letters:	2
Number of words:	1
Number of lines:	1
Workmanship:	scratched after firing
Condition:	complete
Archaeological culture:	La Tène C 2 [from object]
Date of inscription:	late 2nd c. BC [from object]
Type:	unknown
Language:	prob. Celtic
Meaning:	abbreviation (?)
Alternative sigla:	Whatmough 1933 (PID): 313 Solinas 1995: 138 Morandi 2004: 53
Sources:	Morandi 2004: 555 no.53

Images

Inscription VB·8 from Solinas

Inscription VB·8 and painted band

Commentary

First published in Bianchetti 1895: 69 (no. 14), 131. Examined for LexLep on 20^th April 2024.

Images in Piana Agostinetti 1972: tav. XXXI.3 (drawing), Solinas 1995: tav. LXXIII d (photo).

Inscribed on the shoulder of the flask between two decorated bands (length 1.1 cm). The short sequence sa is most likely an abbreviation of a personal name.

See also Kretschmer 1905: 98 sub no. 15, Rhŷs 1913: 60, no. 14, Piana Agostinetti 1972: 271, no. 3, Tibiletti Bruno 1978: 144, Morandi 1999b: 320, no. 11.

Corinna Salomon

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.