Novilara inscriptions

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The Novilara inscriptions are a set of ancient inscriptions from the Italian region of Marche that provide the primary evidence for the little-understood North Picene language.

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Novilara inscriptions canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological artifact
epigraphic source
inscription corpus
associatedPeople Picenes
associatedWith North Picene language
chronology Iron Age
culturalContext pre-Roman Italy
currentLocation Museo Archeologico Nazionale delle Marche
Museo Archeologico Oliveriano
dateRange 6th century BCE
7th century BCE
discoveredIn 19th century
discoveryContext cemetery excavation
epigraphicType funerary inscription
foundAt necropolis of Novilara
linked to: Novilara necropolis
foundNear Pesaro
hasReadingProblems damaged letters
unusual letter forms
hasTransliteration multiple scholarly versions
hasUncertainInterpretation yes
iconographyAssociated naval battle scene
warriors
inscribedOn funerary stelae
languageStatus little understood
linkedToDebateOn classification of North Picene
relationship of North Picene to other Italic languages
locatedIn Italy
Marche
linked to: Marche region

Novilara
material stelae
stone
mostFamousExample Novilara stele with battle scene
numberOfKnownInscriptions several
primaryEvidenceFor North Picene language
regionOfCulture Picenum
relatedTo South Picene inscriptions
scriptFamily Italic alphabets
subjectOf archaeological research
epigraphic studies
linguistic research
usedFor reconstructing North Picene morphology
reconstructing North Picene phonology
studying Italic epigraphy
writingDirection right-to-left
writingSystem Old Italic script

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North Picene language knownFrom Novilara inscriptions