Editing Noric language (section)

== Ptuj inscription ==
[[File:Ptuj inscription-facsimile.png|thumb|{{Transliteration|nrc|ARTEBUDZBROGDUI}} (a facsimile of the original inscription, written right to left)]]
The Ptuj inscription, discovered in 1894, is written right to left in a [[Old Italic alphabet|northern Italic alphabet]]<ref name=Stifter /> and reads:
{{Verse translation|𐌀𐌓𐌕𐌄𐌁𐌖𐌈𐌆𐌁𐌓𐌏𐌙𐌈𐌖𐌉|ARTEBUDZBROGDUI|italicsoff=true|lang1=nrc-Ital-SI|lang2=nrc-Latn}}
This is interpreted as two personal names: {{Transliteration|nrc|Artebudz}} [son] of {{Transliteration|nrc|Brogduos}}.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=Encyclopédie de l'arbre celtique |url=http://www.arbre-celtique.com/encyclopedie/vase-de-ptuj-4454.htm |title=Vase de Ptuj |language=fr |access-date=9 January 2008}}</ref> The name {{Transliteration|nrc|Artebudz}} may mean "[[bear penis]]"<ref>{{cite book|title=Il Vocabolario Celtico |url=http://www.melegnano.net/celti/francel01a087.htm |language=it |trans-title=The Celtic Vocabulary |pages=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070908185954/http://www.melegnano.net/celti/francel01a087.htm p. 87], [https://web.archive.org/web/20060217201235/http://www.melegnano.net/celti/francel01b089.htm p. 89] |access-date=9 January 2008}}</ref> (compare Welsh {{lang|cy|arth}} "bear" and Irish {{lang|ga|bod}} "penis"), while {{Transliteration|nrc|Brogduos}} may contain the element ''brog-, mrog-'' "country"<ref>{{cite book |first=A. |last=Falileyev |url=http://cadair.aber.ac.uk/dspace/bitstream/2160/282/6/IntroAndElements.pdf |title=Dictionary of Continental Celtic Place-Names |access-date=9 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219053217/http://cadair.aber.ac.uk/dspace/bitstream/2160/282/6/IntroAndElements.pdf |archive-date=19 December 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> (compare Welsh {{lang|cy|bro}} "region, country"). Alternatively, the inscription may be interpreted as {{Transliteration|nrc|Artebudz}} [made this] for {{Transliteration|nrc|Brogdos}}, with the second name in the [[dative case]].<ref>{{cite web|website=Indogermanistik Wien, [[University of Vienna]] |url=http://www.univie.ac.at/indogermanistik/quellentexte.cgi?49 |title=Quellentexte: Ptuj |language=de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070504161616/http://www.univie.ac.at/indogermanistik/quellentexte.cgi?49 |archive-date=4 May 2007 |access-date=9 January 2008}}</ref>