e (word)
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| Attestation: | SH·1 (?χuiiie) (1) |
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| Status: | uncertain |
| Language: | perhaps Etruscan |
| Word Type: | unclear |
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| Morphemic Analysis: | — |
| Phonemic Analysis: | — |
| Meaning: | unit of measurement (?) |
Commentary
See SH·1 on the uncertain reading.
The letter epsilon, possibly following an Etruscan numeral, is interpreted as an abbreviation of a unit of measurement by Pellegrini (in Stjernquist 1967: 135). Stjernquist (p. 135 f.) assumes the number to be a measure of capacity referring to the volume of the cist, and hypothesises about the relation of Etruscan capacity measurements to those used in Greece.
