Paleohispanic scripts

The althispanischen writings are the writing systems that have been used before and at the start of Roman rule in the Iberian Peninsula. Most of them are typologically very unusual, as it 's more of semi - syllabic scripts as genuine alphabets, even though they have evolved from the Phoenician alphabet.

The althispanischen writings were from the 5th century BC - to be used until the end of the first pre-Christian or the beginning of the 1st century AD and were the primary means to hold the althispanischen languages ​​in writing - according to some researchers from the 7th century. Some researchers argue that they are descended from the Phoenician alphabet only, while others believe that the Greek alphabet also played a role.

Writings

The althispanischen fonts are divided into three main groups, the south, north and Graeco - iberian, with differences in both the shapes of the characters and their sound values.

Inscriptions of the southern writings were mainly found in the southern half of the Iberian Peninsula, representing only 5% of the total inscriptions found so far and are almost always written from right to left. It involves:

  • The Espanca character set ( known from a single panel, and the only evidence of alphabetical order );
  • The tart Forensic or Südlusitanische font, also known as Southwest;
  • Südostiberische the font, also known as Meridional.

Inscriptions of northern writings were mainly found in the northeast quadrant of the Iberian Peninsula, representing 95 % of all inscriptions found and are almost always written from left to right. It involves:

  • Nordostiberische the font, also known as Levantine; Dual Variant
  • Non -dual variant
  • Western variant
  • Eastern variant.

Moreover, there were

  • The Graeco - Iberian alphabet.

The latter was a direct development of the Ionic version of the Greek alphabet and is limited to a small region on the Mediterranean coast of present-day provinces of Alicante and Murcia.

The southern writings were written from right to left as the Phoenician alphabet, while the northern writings to this reversed left to right as the Greek alphabet.

Südlusitanische font. Stele of Fonte Velha ( Bensafrim, Lagos ).

Südostiberische font. Lead sheet from La Bastida de las Alcusas ( Mogente ).

Nordostiberische font. Lead sheet of Ullastret (Girona ) ( s IV bC ).

Celtiberian font. Bronze plaque of Luzaga ( Guadalajara).

Celtiberian script Castro Verde Municipality Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha
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