NO·1

From Lexicon Leponticum

Reading in Transliteration:	§ χosioiso v
Reading in Original Script:	[zigzag]
Variant Reading:	[zigzag] § χosioissi v (Morandi), χosioio (Gambari & Colonna 1988)
Object:	NO·1 Castelletto sopra Ticino (beaker)Latitude: 45.718707 Longitude: 8.636846
Position:	neck, outside
Orientation:	0°
Direction of Writing:	sinistroverse
Script:	North Italic Script
Letter Height:	0.6 cm0.23622 in - 1.5 cm0.590551 in
Number of Letters:	9 - 10
Number of Words:	1
Number of Lines:	1
Workmanship:	scratched after burning
Condition:	complete
Archaeological Culture:	Golasecca II A [from object]
Date of Inscription:	Ticino A (Morandi, after Gambari), middle of 6th century BC [from object]
Date derived from:	typology [from object]
Type:	prob. mark of possessor
Language:	Lepontic
Syntactic Analysis:	NP
Meaning:	"of Gosios"
Alternative Sigla:	Solinas 1994: 113 bis Morandi 2004: 74
Sources:	Morandi 2004: 569-570 & 576 (fig. 13.74) & 788 (pl. XI.74) Solinas 1995: 369 Gambari & Colonna 1986: 130-132

Images

Inscription NO·1 § χosioiso v after Gambari & Colonna

Detail of NO·1 Castelletto sopra Ticino with part of inscription NO·1 χosioiso v

Inscription NO·1 χosioiso v after Morandi

Detail of NO·1 Castelletto sopra Ticino with part of inscription NO·1 χosioiso v

Detail of NO·1 Castelletto sopra Ticino with part of inscription NO·1 χosioiso v

Commentary

Similar "zig-zag"-ornaments before inscriptions are known from Greek and Etruscan contexts, see Gambari & Colonna (1986: 131, fn. 49, regarding the "zig-zag" cf. also Morandi 1999: p. 153 and the beaker from Gudo). The sigma: dextroverse, seven segments, is considerable normal for archaic Lepontic inscriptions. (Gambari & Colonna 1986: pp. 141-144)

• Gambari & Colonna 1986 : pp. 119-164
• Prosdocimi 1991: pp. 142-144
• Motta 1992: 312-313
• Lejeune 1989: pp. 69-70
• Morandi 1999: pp. 153-156
• Solinas 1994: p. 369, n.113 bis

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