South Picene inscriptions
E350910
South Picene inscriptions are ancient epigraphic texts from central Italy that provide the primary evidence for the extinct Italic language known as South Picene.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| South Picene inscriptions canonical | 3 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient inscription
ⓘ
archaeological artifact ⓘ epigraphic corpus ⓘ historical source ⓘ linguistic corpus ⓘ |
| associatedPeople |
Picenes
ⓘ
South Picene ⓘ
surface form:
South Picenes
|
| chronologicalRelation | pre-Roman ⓘ |
| chronology |
4th century BCE
ⓘ
5th century BCE ⓘ 6th century BCE ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Italic peoples ⓘ |
| datingMethod |
archaeological context
ⓘ
paleography ⓘ |
| discoveryLocation | central Adriatic Italy ⓘ |
| function |
primary evidence for South Picene language
ⓘ
source for Italic morphology ⓘ source for Italic onomastics ⓘ source for Italic phonology ⓘ |
| genre |
dedicatory inscription
ⓘ
funerary inscription ⓘ votive inscription ⓘ |
| importance |
important for comparative Italic linguistics
ⓘ
important for study of pre-Roman Italy ⓘ key evidence for South Picene grammar ⓘ key evidence for South Picene lexicon ⓘ |
| language | South Picene language ⓘ |
| linguisticFamily | Italic languages ⓘ |
| linguisticSubfamily |
Sabellic languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Sabellian languages
|
| material |
bronze
ⓘ
ceramic ⓘ stone ⓘ |
| medium | engraving ⓘ |
| numberOfKnownInscriptions | few dozen ⓘ |
| period | Iron Age Italy ⓘ |
| region |
Picenum
ⓘ
central Italy ⓘ Abruzzo ⓘ
surface form:
northern Abruzzo
Marche region ⓘ
surface form:
southern Marche
|
| scriptDirection | right-to-left ⓘ |
| scriptFamily |
Old Italic script
ⓘ
surface form:
Old Italic scripts
|
| scriptOrigin |
derived from Etruscan alphabet
ⓘ
part of Old Italic adaptation of Greek alphabet ⓘ |
| scriptType | alphabetic ⓘ |
| status | fully deciphered to limited extent ⓘ |
| useContext | local aristocratic elites ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Old Italic script
ⓘ
South Picene alphabet ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.