VB·7
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| Reading in transliteration: | kri |
| Reading in original script: |   
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| Object: | VB·7 Ornavasso (cup) |
| Position: | bottom, outside |
| Orientation: | 180° |
| 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: | 3 |
| Number of words: | 1 |
| Number of lines: | 1 |
| Workmanship: | scratched after firing |
| Condition: | complete |
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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: | prob. Celtic |
| Meaning: | abbreviation (?) |
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| Alternative sigla: | Whatmough 1933 (PID): 310 Solinas 1995: 134 Morandi 2004: 52 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 554 f. no. 52 |
Images
 Inscription VB·7 from Solinas 1995
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 Cup VB·7 Ornavasso with inscription VB·7
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 Inscription VB·7
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Commentary
First published in Bianchetti 1895: 68 (no. 10), 152. Examined for LexLep on 20th April 2024.
Images in Piana Agostinetti 1972: tav. XXXI.7 (drawing), Solinas 1995: tav. LXXIII b (photo).
Inscribed in neat letters on the bottom of the cup (length 1.6 cm). Writing direction and orientation are technically ambiguous, but the ductus and comparison with similar documents strongly suggests that the inscription is dextroverse and applied upside-down. The short sequence kri is most likely an abbreviation of a personal name.
See also Kretschmer 1905: 98, no. 10, Rhŷs 1913: 60, no. 10, Piana Agostinetti 1972: 272, no. 7, Tibiletti Bruno 1978: 144, Morandi 1999b: 319, no. 8.
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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