VB·18
From Lexicon Leponticum
| Reading in Transliteration: | atecua |
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| Reading in Original Script: |     
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| Object: | VB·18 Ornavasso (cup)Latitude: 45.968907 Longitude: 8.416259 |
| Position: | bottom |
| Direction of Writing: | dextroverse |
| Script: | Latin Script |
| Letter Height: | 0.5 cm0.19685 in |
| Number of Letters: | 6 |
| Number of Words: | 1 |
| Number of Lines: | 1 |
| Workmanship: | unknown |
| Condition: | complete |
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| Archaeological Culture: | Roman imperial period [from object] |
| Date of Inscription: | Graue V, 30-55 AD [from object] |
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| Type: | prob. mark of possessor |
| Language: | Lepontic |
| Syntactic Analysis: | NP |
| Meaning: | "Atekua" (name) |
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| Alternative Sigla: | Whatmough 1933 (PID): 319 Morandi 2004: 61 |
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| Sources: | Morandi 2004: 561 & 566 (fig. 12.61) |
Images
 Inscription VB·18 atecua
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Commentary
- Kretschmer 1905: 98, nr. 5 and p. 125
- Whatmough 1933 (PID): 319
- Rhŷs 1913: pp. 74 and 82
- Graue 1974: pp. 147 and 268, Tav. 79, 4
- Proceedings Ornavasso 1997-9: pp. 67 and 272, Tav. XXIII, 10 of Volume 1, and p. 137, n.1887 of Volume 2
- Morandi 1999b: pp. 325, n.15
Bibliography
| Graue 1974 | Jörn Graue, Die Gräberfelder von Ornavasso. Eine Studie zur Chronologie der späten Latène- und frühen Kaiserzeit [= Hamburger Beiträge zur Archäologie Beiheft 1], Hamburg: Buske 1974. |
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| Kretschmer 1905 | Paul Kretschmer, "Die Inschriften von Ornavasso und die ligurische Sprache", Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung auf dem Gebiete der indogermanischen Sprachen 38 (1905), 97-128. |
| Morandi 1999b | Alessandro Morandi, "Epigrafia Vascolare Celtica di Ornavasso, Basso Toce ed Aree Connesse", in: Paola Piana Agostinetti, I sepolcreti di Ornavasso. Cento Anni di Studi, Roma: Gruppo Alpini di Ornavasso 1997-1999. (4 volumes), 297-328. (in Volume 4) |
| Morandi 2004 | Alessandro Morandi, Celti d'Italia. A cura di Paola Piana Agostinetti. Tomo II: Epigrafia e lingua dei Celti d'Italia [= Popoli e civiltà dell'Italia antica 12.2], Roma: Spazio Tre 2004. |
| Proceedings Ornavasso 1997-9 | Paola Piana Agostinetti (Ed.), I Sepolcreti di Ornavasso.. Cento Anni di Studi, Roma: Picon 1997-1999. (4 Volumes) |
| Rhŷs 1913 | Sir John Rhŷs, The Celtic inscriptions of Cisalpine Gaul [= Proceedings of the British Academy 6], London: British Academy 1913. |
| Whatmough 1933 | Joshua Whatmough, The Prae-Italic Dialects of Italy. Vol. 2, Part 3: The Raetic, Lepontic, Gallic, East-Italic, Messapic and Sicel inscriptions, Cambridge/Mass.: Harvard University Press 1933. |
