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Experts decode ancient Southwest Script on Iberian slate tablet
Archaeologists in Almodovar Portugal reveal a stone tablet inscribed with Southwest Script the peninsula’s oldest known writing. The 86 characters form a running right-to-left text many tablets from southern Portugal and Andalucia share, tied to the Tartessians and Iron Age trade networks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Almodovar
Portugal
Amilcar Guerra
University of Lisbon
Italy
Europe
Andalucia
Pierre Swiggers
University of Leuven
Belgium
Swiggers