North Picene inscriptions
E404095
The North Picene inscriptions are a small corpus of enigmatic ancient texts from the Italian Adriatic coast, written in an undeciphered language and script known primarily from a few stone monuments.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| North Picene inscriptions canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological artifact
ⓘ
epigraphic monument ⓘ inscription corpus ⓘ undeciphered writing ⓘ |
| associatedWith | North Picene language ⓘ |
| associatedWithPeople |
North Picene
ⓘ
surface form:
North Picenes
|
| chronologicalRelation |
later than Villanovan culture
ⓘ
roughly contemporary with early Roman Republic ⓘ |
| chronologicalUncertainty | exact dating uncertain ⓘ |
| classificationStatus | language family unknown ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Italic peoples
ⓘ
pre-Roman Italy ⓘ |
| deciphermentStatus | not fully deciphered ⓘ |
| discoveredIn | 19th century ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
Etruscan inscriptions
ⓘ
Latin inscriptions ⓘ South Picene inscriptions ⓘ |
| evidenceType | primary evidence for North Picene language ⓘ |
| foundOn | stone monuments ⓘ |
| geographicalContext |
Adriatic coast
ⓘ
surface form:
Adriatic seaboard of the Italian Peninsula
|
| hasFeature |
limited corpus size
ⓘ
short text length ⓘ use of word dividers in some texts ⓘ |
| hasUncertainInterpretation |
grammar
ⓘ
lexicon ⓘ phonology ⓘ |
| inscriptionSupport |
funerary monuments
ⓘ
stelae ⓘ |
| languageStatus | undeciphered language ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Adriatic coast
ⓘ
surface form:
Italian Adriatic coast
central Italy ⓘ |
| material | stone ⓘ |
| numberOfKnownInscriptions | very small corpus ⓘ |
| region |
Marche region
ⓘ
surface form:
Marche
Picenum ⓘ |
| researchStatus | subject of ongoing scholarly debate ⓘ |
| scriptFamily |
Old Italic script
ⓘ
surface form:
Old Italic scripts
|
| scriptStatus | undeciphered ⓘ |
| scriptType | alphabetic script ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
classical archaeology
ⓘ
epigraphy ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
1st millennium BCE
ⓘ
Iron Age ⓘ |
| usesAlphabetDerivedFrom | Etruscan alphabet ⓘ |
| writingDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| writingMedium | carved ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
North Picene alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
North Picene script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.