VS·3
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| Reading in transliteration: | ]ristị |
| Reading in original script: |     [
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| Variant reading: | ]isisti[
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| Object: | VS·3 Gamsen (unknown) |
| Position: | outside, wall |
| Direction of writing: | ambiguous |
| Script: | prob. North Italic script (Lepontic alphabet) |
| Letter height: | 1.8 cm0.709 in <br /> |
| Number of letters: | 4–5 |
| Number of words: | 1 |
| Number of lines: | 1 |
| Workmanship: | scratched after firing |
| Condition: | damaged, fragmentary |
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| Archaeological culture: | La Tène D 2 [from object] |
| Date of inscription: | second half of 1st c. BC [from object] |
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| Type: | unknown |
| Language: | perhaps Celtic |
| Meaning: | unknown |
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| Alternative sigla: | none |
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| Sources: | Paccolat et al. 2019: 3A 285 |
Images
 Ceramic fragment VS·3 Gamsen with inscription VS·3
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Commentary
First published in Paccolat et al. 2019: 3A 285. Examined for LexLep on 30th September 2021.
Image in Paccolat et al. 2019: 3B 623 pl. 115, no. 2143 (photo).
The scratches on the ceramic fragment, all incomplete, were read as dextroverse ]risti or ]isisti by Casini and Motta in the original publication. The two reading options are entirely plausible, even though sinistroverse writing direction is equally possible. It must be pointed out, however, that the sequence st speaks against a Celtic form – see the word page for further considerations.
The second graffito from Gamsen which was published as an inscription by Casini and Motta has not been included in LexLep; see EX·3.
