Stele of Novilara

E86921

ancient monument archaeological artifact inscribed stele

The Stele of Novilara is an ancient inscribed stone monument from the Picene region of Italy, bearing one of the most significant and enigmatic examples of the North Picene language.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Picene stelae	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient monument ⓘ archaeological artifact ⓘ inscribed stele ⓘ
alphabetFamily	Etruscan-derived alphabet ⓘ
associatedPeople	Picenes ⓘ
associatedWith	North Picene inscriptions ⓘ Picenum ⓘ
chronology	Iron Age ⓘ
culture	Picene culture ⓘ
currentStatus	museum object ⓘ
date	6th century BCE ⓘ 7th century BCE ⓘ
depiction	ships ⓘ warrior scene ⓘ weapons ⓘ
discoveredIn	19th century ⓘ
era	pre-Roman Italy ⓘ
function	commemorative monument ⓘ
hasWriting	North Picene text ⓘ
inscriptionLanguage	North Picene language ⓘ
inscriptionLength	relatively long text for North Picene ⓘ
inscriptionMedium	carved ⓘ
inscriptionType	funerary inscription ⓘ
interpretationStatus	partially undeciphered ⓘ
locatedIn	Italy ⓘ Marche region ⓘ surface form: Marche Novilara ⓘ Marche region ⓘ surface form: Picene region
material	stone ⓘ
notableFor	enigmatic and poorly understood language ⓘ iconography of warfare and seafaring ⓘ
period	Villanovan culture ⓘ surface form: Orientalizing period in Italy
regionOfDiscovery	Adriatic coast of central Italy ⓘ
relatedTo	Italic epigraphy ⓘ Stele of Novilara self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Picene stelae
researchField	Italic archaeology ⓘ epigraphy ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ
scriptDirection	right-to-left ⓘ
significance	one of the longest known North Picene inscriptions ⓘ one of the most important examples of the North Picene language ⓘ
writingSystem	Old Italic script ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

North Picene → attestedIn → Stele of Novilara ⓘ

North Picene alphabet → notableInscription → Stele of Novilara ⓘ

Stele of Novilara → relatedTo → Stele of Novilara self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Picene stelae