Oscan alphabet

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Old Italic script alphabet writing system

The Oscan alphabet is an ancient writing system used by the Oscan-speaking peoples of pre-Roman Italy to record their language, derived from and closely related to other Old Italic scripts.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Old Italic script ⓘ
alphabet ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
belongsToCulturalSphere Samnites ⓘ
surface form: Oscan peoples

Samnite culture ⓘ
derivedFrom Etruscan alphabet ⓘ
developedInContextOf Italic epigraphy ⓘ
hasDistinctLetterFormsFor Oscan phonemes ⓘ
historicalUsage pre-Roman Italy ⓘ
languageFamilyWritten Sabellic languages ⓘ
surface form: Sabellian languages
notableInscription Abellano boundary stone ⓘ
Cippus Abellanus ⓘ
Tabula Bantina ⓘ
numberOfLettersApprox 21 ⓘ
relatedTo Latin alphabet ⓘ
Old Italic script ⓘ
surface form: Old Italic scripts

South Picene alphabet ⓘ
Umbrian alphabet ⓘ
replacedBy Latin alphabet ⓘ
scriptCodeISO15924 Ital ⓘ
scriptFamily Italic scripts ⓘ
Old Italic script ⓘ
surface form: Old Italic
scriptType alphabetic ⓘ
sharesSignsWith Etruscan alphabet ⓘ
Umbrian alphabet ⓘ
timePeriod circa 5th century BCE to 1st century BCE ⓘ
unicodeBlock Old Italic script ⓘ
surface form: Old Italic
usedBy Oscan-speaking peoples ⓘ
usedFor funerary inscriptions ⓘ
legal texts ⓘ
public inscriptions ⓘ
votive inscriptions ⓘ
usedInRegion Apulia ⓘ
Campania ⓘ
Lucania ⓘ
Samnium ⓘ
pre-Roman Italy ⓘ
usedUntil Romanization of Italy ⓘ
writingDirection boustrophedon ⓘ
right-to-left ⓘ
writingMedium ceramic inscriptions ⓘ
metal inscriptions ⓘ
stone inscriptions ⓘ
writingSystemOf Oscan language ⓘ
writingSystemScope regional ⓘ
writingSystemStatus extinct ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Samnium → associatedWritingSystem → Oscan alphabet ⓘ
Etruscan alphabet → childSystem → Oscan alphabet ⓘ
Old Italic script → includes → Oscan alphabet ⓘ
Etruscan alphabet → influenced → Oscan alphabet ⓘ
North Picene alphabet → relatedTo → Oscan alphabet ⓘ
South Picene alphabet → relatedToScript → Oscan alphabet ⓘ
Tabula Bantina → script → Oscan alphabet ⓘ
Aurunci → writingSystem → Oscan alphabet ⓘ
Cippus Abellanus → writingSystem → Oscan alphabet ⓘ
Oscan language → writingSystem → Oscan alphabet ⓘ
Sabellic languages → writingSystem → Oscan alphabet ⓘ