VR·29
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| Reading in transliteration: | eskiko |
| Reading in original script: |     
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| Object: | VR·29 Verona (lid) |
| Position: | shoulder |
| Direction of writing: | sinistroverse |
| Script: | North Italic script |
| Letter height: | 1.3–1.6 cm0.512 in <br />0.63 in <br /> |
| Number of letters: | 6 |
| 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: | 'Eskingo.' or 'Eskingo' |
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| Alternative sigla: | none |
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| Sources: | Marchesini & Stifter 2018: 153 (no. 6) |
Commentary
First published in Solinas 2016: 377 (no. 6).
Images in Solinas 2016: tav. LVI a; Marchesini & Stifter 2018: fig. 4.5.6 (photos and drawing).
Length of inscription 6 cm. Omicron is scratched untidily, with a prolonged scratch at the bottom, but the inscription is well preserved; the reading is unambiguous.
Omicron appears to be intended full-height, probably due to influence from Latin writing (Marchesini & Stifter 2018: 145).
The name is either an abbreviation of VR·24 eskikorikos or a different name without the latter's last component stem. Cf. also VR·27 es for possibly a further shortened attestation. If these three inscriptions do indeed attest the same name, the interments are likely to belong to one family (Marchesini & Stifter 2018: 147).
