VR·28
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| Inscription | |
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| Reading in transliteration: | prituli |
| Reading in original script: |      
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| Variant reading: | pritua
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| Object: | VR·28 Verona (vase) |
| Position: | shoulder |
| Orientation: | 0° |
| Direction of writing: | sinistroverse |
| Script: | North Italic script |
| Letter height: | 1.7 cm0.669 in <br /> |
| Number of letters: | 6–7 |
| 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: | 150–50 BC [from object] |
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| Type: | prob. mark of possessor |
| Language: | Cisalpine Gaulish |
| Syntactic analysis: | NP |
| Meaning: | 'of Pritulos' or 'Pritua' |
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| Alternative sigla: | none |
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| Sources: | Marchesini & Stifter 2018: 153 (no. 5) |
Commentary
First published in Solinas 2016: 376f. (no. 5).
Images in Solinas 2016: tav. LV e (photo); Marchesini & Stifter 2018: fig. 4.5.5 (photos and drawing).
Length of inscription 6.3 cm. Rho is scratched untidily, but the inscription is well preserved. The group of scratches after upsilon appears to form alpha , but the archaic (and retrograde) form would be surprising here (cf. 
in VR·31) (Marchesini & Stifter 2018: 145); cf., however, VR·33. Solinas reads prituli, although lambda and iota are very close together. From a linguistic perspective, both options are viable.
