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Two consecutive names in Celtic inscriptions are usually a name formula with individual name and patronym, but Amaśillū doesn't look like a father's name. It has been suggested that Oledū, written in smaller letters, is the name of another person which was (somewhat sloppily) added at a later point.

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... what happend at the end of the inscription – the second sigma's top is elongated; the upper curve of the first sigma is extended into a half-moon shape, and a horizontal line crosses it on top. An aesthetic choice? A ligature? A writing mistake?

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... the name appears to be derived with a suffix -ello-; the form of the base could be rub-, rup-, run- or rund-. All these options find comparanda in Transalpine Gaul (e.g. Rubellinus, Rundo, the coin legend Rupios, and names with the base rūn- 'secret' such as Runa, Runnius and Cobrunus).