21-04-2016, 12:06 PM
(21-04-2016, 11:17 AM)ReneZ wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.The suggestion of anchiton was already made in the earlier days. It may have been Jacques Guy. It should be possible to find this back in the earlier archives.
In a presentation on this topic in the Villa Mondragone, the proposed reading was also anchiton. I believe that this may have been the topic of the mailing list discussion referred to by Helmut. This reading was (perhaps not the final, unfortunately):
Quote:poxleber umen putriter.
+ an chiton ola dabas + multos + tc + tta. cere + portas + M +
fix + man ix + mor ix + vix + altra + matura +
... ... (two ciphered words) pals en pbrey so nim geismich O
I find the distinction between the various 'p' and 'u/v' tricky, because sometimes there's a hint of a faded descender...
Thank you, Rene.
You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. interprets "an" as "an[te]": I should have remembered that.
His transcription and translation are well thought and are consistent with the marginal illustrations.

