Iguvium

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Iguvium, known today as Gubbio in central Italy, is an ancient Umbrian town famed for the Iguvine Tablets, one of the most important sources on the Umbrian language and religion.

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Iguvium canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Umbrian settlement
ancient town
archaeological site
associatedWithPeople Umbrians
country Italy
hasArchaeologicalFind Iguvine Tablets
hasContinuityAs medieval town of Gubbio
hasCulturalHeritage Italic epigraphy
Umbrian epigraphy
hasCulturalRegion Umbrian culture
hasLanguageEvidence Osco-Umbrian languages
surface form: Umbrian language
hasMunicipalitySuccessor Comune di Gubbio
hasNotableArtifact bronze ritual tablets
hasPrimarySource Tabulae Iguvinae
surface form: Iguvine Tablets
hasRegionSuccessor modern Umbria region
hasReligionEvidence Umbrian religion
pre-Roman Italic religion
hasWritingSystemEvidence Etruscan-derived script
Umbrian alphabet
historicalNameOf Gubbio NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod Italia (Roman province)
surface form: Roman Italy

pre-Roman Italy
knownFor Iguvine Tablets
evidence on Umbrian language
evidence on Umbrian religion
locatedIn Umbria
central Italy
locatedInValley Valle Umbra
surface form: Valle Umbra region
locatedNear Apennines
surface form: Apennine Mountains
mentionedIn classical sources on Umbria
modernName Gubbio NERFINISHED
partOf ancient Italic world
Umbria
surface form: ancient Umbria
predecessorOf Gubbio NERFINISHED
sourceFor study of Italic languages
study of Italic religious practices
study of Umbrian language
study of Umbrian ritual

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