Editing Noric language (section)

== Grafenstein inscription ==
The Grafenstein inscription, on a [[tile]] from the 2nd century AD that was discovered in a gravel pit in 1977, is incomplete, but the extant part has been transcribed as follows:<ref name=Stifter>{{cite web|first=David |last=Stifter |date=12 October 2007 |url=http://homepage.univie.ac.at/ilja.steffelbauer/stifter.zip |title=Keltisch in Österreich (Powerpoint) |language=de |trans-title=Celtic in Austria (Powerpoint) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531200059/http://homepage.univie.ac.at/ilja.steffelbauer/stifter.zip |archive-date=31 May 2011 |access-date=9 January 2008}} {{cite web|first=David |last=Stifter |date=12 October 2007 |url=http://homepage.univie.ac.at/ilja.steffelbauer/stifter.pdf |title=Keltisch in Österreich (PDF of lecture) |language=de |trans-title=Celtic in Austria (PDF of lecture) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100508202714/http://homepage.univie.ac.at/ilja.steffelbauer/stifter.pdf |archive-date=8 May 2010 |access-date=9 January 2008}}</ref>

{{cquote|{{lang|nrc-AT|MOGE · ES[	<br />
P· II- LAV · EX[ <br />
ṆE · SAḌỊÍES[ <br />
OLLO · SO · VILO[ <br />
ỌNẠ    C[…] <br />
 
OLLO · S<u>O</u> · ? [ <br />
P LṾGNṾ · SI <br />}}
}}
Here, {{lang|nrc-AT|Moge}} seems to be a personal name or an abbreviation of one, {{lang|la|P· II- lav}} a Latin abbreviation indicating a weight, {{lang|nrc-AT|ne sadiíes}} a verbal form possibly meaning "you (singular) do not set", {{lang|nrc-AT|ollo so}} perhaps "this amount", and {{lang|nrc-AT|Lugnu}} another personal name. The text may therefore be a record of some sort of financial transaction.<ref name=Stifter />

Other readings of the inscription have also been proposed, including:
{{cquote|{{lang|nrc-AT|MOGE · ES+[---] <br />
PET(?) LAV · EX[---] <br />
NE · SAMES[---] <br />
OLLO · SO · VILO ·[---] <br />
ONA O(?) + ++ <br />
 
OLLO · SO ·+ <br />
+ LVGNI · SI}}<ref>{{cite web|website=Indogermanistik Wien, [[University of Vienna]] |url=http://www.univie.ac.at/indogermanistik/quellentexte.cgi?3 |title=Quellentexte: Grafenstein |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070504162317/http://www.univie.ac.at/indogermanistik/quellentexte.cgi?3 |archive-date=4 May 2007 |access-date=9 January 2008}}</ref>}}

and
{{cquote|{{lang|nrc-AT|MOGV · CISS [--- <br />
PETILAV · IEX[--- <br />
NE · SADIIES[--- <br />
OLLO · SO · VILO ·[--- <br />
ONA DOM...OC[ <br />
 
OLLO · SO · VIA .[ <br />
ILVGNV.SI[}}<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=Encyclopédie de l'arbre celtique |url=http://www.arbre-celtique.com/encyclopedie/tuile-de-grafenstein-4455.htm |title=Tuile de Grafenstein |language=fr |access-date=9 January 2008}}</ref>}}