Prestino (
Italian: Prestin, Italian pronunciation:[preʃˈtiːŋ]) is a district of
Como, Italy, of about 3,000 inhabitants, about 2 km west of that city.
History
Prestino is the site of the discovery of one of the most important inscriptions in the ancient and scantily attested
Lepontic language, the Prestino Stone. This is a dedication pictured here, the text of which reads:
Probably: "Uvamakozis dedicated (literally 'gave') to Plialethos [these] uvltiaviop-s, arivonep-s [and] sits ("sacred mounds"? if from *sēdns (accusative plural; compare Old Irish sēdēs and Latin se:de:)."[1][2][3]
Lepontic inscription from Prestino
Demographics
Inhabitants registered within the municipality of Como: