Lepontic alphabet

E15304
Old Italic script alphabet writing system

The Lepontic alphabet is an ancient writing system used by the Lepontic Celts in the Alpine region, derived from and closely related to the Old Italic scripts.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
Raetic alphabet 3
Cisalpine Celtic alphabet 2
Bolzano–Bozen Raetic script 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Old Italic script ⓘ
alphabet ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Etruscan alphabet ⓘ
Lepontic alphabet self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Raetic alphabet

Venetic alphabet ⓘ
derivedFrom Old Italic script ⓘ
surface form: Old Italic scripts
followedBy Latin alphabet in the region ⓘ
hasApproximateNumberOfLetters about 20 ⓘ
hasCategory Celtic epigraphy ⓘ
Old Italic script ⓘ
surface form: Old Italic scripts

ancient alphabet ⓘ
archaeological writing systems ⓘ
hasNotableInscriptionSite Lugano ⓘ
Tessin ⓘ
Valle d’Intelvi ⓘ
hasTransliterationStandard Latin transliteration conventions used by epigraphers ⓘ
hasUnicodeStatus not separately encoded in Unicode ⓘ
hasWritingMaterial metal ⓘ
stone ⓘ
influencedBy Etruscan alphabet ⓘ
North Italic epigraphic traditions ⓘ
isPartOf Cisalpine Celtic epigraphy ⓘ
languageWritten Lepontic language ⓘ
surface form: Lepontic
precededBy earlier Old Italic local variants ⓘ
scriptFamily Italic scripts ⓘ
Old Italic ⓘ
scriptType consonant and vowel letters ⓘ
timePeriod 4th century BCE ⓘ
5th century BCE ⓘ
6th century BCE ⓘ
usedBy Lepontic Celts ⓘ
usedFor funerary inscriptions ⓘ
inscriptions on metal objects ⓘ
inscriptions on stone ⓘ
votive inscriptions ⓘ
writing the Lepontic language ⓘ
usedInRegion Alpine region ⓘ
Northern Italy ⓘ
Southern Switzerland ⓘ
writingDirection boustrophedon ⓘ
right-to-left ⓘ
writingSystemType alphabetic ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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

Lepontic alphabet → closelyRelatedTo → Lepontic alphabet self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Raetic alphabet
North Italic alphabet → hasVariant → Lepontic alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Raetic alphabet
North Italic alphabet → hasVariant → Lepontic alphabet ⓘ
North Italic alphabet → hasVariant → Lepontic alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Camunic alphabet
North Italic alphabet → hasVariant → Lepontic alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bolzano–Bozen Raetic script
Old Italic script → includes → Lepontic alphabet ⓘ
Tessin → knownFor → Lepontic alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lepontic inscriptions
Venetic alphabet → relatedTo → Lepontic alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Raetic alphabet
Venetic alphabet → relatedTo → Lepontic alphabet ⓘ
Lepontic Celts → usedScript → Lepontic alphabet ⓘ
Lepontic Celts → usedScript → Lepontic alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cisalpine Celtic alphabet
Valle d’Intelvi → usedScriptInInscriptions → Lepontic alphabet ⓘ
Alpine Celtic culture → writingSystem → Lepontic alphabet ⓘ
Celtiberian → writingSystem → Lepontic alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paleohispanic script
Celtiberian → writingSystem → Lepontic alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Celtiberian script
Gaulish → writingSystem → Lepontic alphabet ⓘ
Lepontic language → writingSystem → Lepontic alphabet ⓘ
Lepontic language → writingSystem → Lepontic alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cisalpine Celtic alphabet
Lepontii → writingSystem → Lepontic alphabet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lepontic script