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A
Adab
Sumerian Cuneiform
, (Place attested)
Akrotiri
Linear A
, (Place attested)
al-‘Ulā
Ancient North Arabian
, (Place attested)
Ancient North Arabian
, (Provenance),
Dadanitic
Ancient North Arabian
, (Provenance),
Dadanitic
Ancient South Arabian
, (Provenance),
Fragment of Minaic legal inscription (M 317) from al-ʿUlā (Saudi Arabia), an oasis where a community of Minaean traders settled in pre-Islamic times (4th – 2nd BC).
Alicarnassus
Carian
, (Place attested)
Carian
, (Provenance),
Statue of Ecatomnus or his son Mausolus, now kept in the British Museum of London.
Alise-Sainte-Reine (Burgundy)
Celtic, gaulish
, (Place attested)
Celtic, gaulish
, (Provenance),
Gallo-latin : Inscription on stone (Alise-Sainte-Reine)
Celtic, gaulish
, (Provenance),
Gallo-latin inscription from Alise-Sainte-Reine. Stone (49 x 74 x 13 cm) found in 1839 on Mount Auxois.
Altino
Venetic
, (Place attested)
Amathus
Cypro-Syllabic
, (Place attested)
Anatolia
Aramaic
, (Diffusion area)
Eblaite
, (Place of origin)
Cuneiform Hittite
, (Place of origin)
Lydian
, (Place of origin)
Linear A
, (Diffusion area)
Cuneiform Luwian
, (Place of origin)
Syriac
, (Diffusion area)
Sumerian Cuneiform
, (Diffusion area)
Akkadian Cuneiform
, (Diffusion area)
Hurrian
, (Diffusion area)
Lycian
, (Place of origin)
Carian
, (Place of origin)
Phrygian
, (Place of origin)
Anshan
Proto-Elamite
, (Place attested)
Elamite
, (Place attested)
Apodoulou
Linear A
, (Place attested)
Archanes
Linear A
, (Place attested)
Linear A
, (Provenance),
Tablet ARKH 2 from Archanes (Crete), mid 15th century BC
Armeni
Linear B
, (Place attested)
aṣ-Ṣafāwī
Ancient North Arabian
, (Place attested)
Ancient North Arabian
, (Provenance),
Thamudic B
Athens
Greek alphabets
, (Place attested)
Greek alphabets
, (Provenance),
Dipylon Oinochoe (8th century)
Greek alphabets
, (Provenance),
Athenian decree of Salamis (IG I3 1) (6th century)
Greek alphabets
, (Place found),
Athenian decree for Oiniades of Skiathos (IG I3 110)
Greek alphabets
, (Provenance),
IG I3 1418: Fragment of lime stone with a graffito from Athens, VIII sec. a.C.
Greek alphabets
, (Provenance),
CEG 432: The Dipylon Oinochoe inscription, 740-720 B.C.
Greek alphabets
, (Provenance),
IG I3 1344: bilingual Greek-Karian Gravestone from Athens, ca. 525 B.C.
Greek alphabets
, (Provenance),
IG I3 4: the so-called Hekatompedon Inscription from Athens, 485/4 B.C.
Greek alphabets
, (Provenance),
Athenian Agora XXV, 946: Ostrakon bearing the name of Themistokles, son of Neokles, around 480 B.C.
Greek alphabets
, (Provenance),
IG I3 11: Athens' Alliance with Egesta, 418/7 B.C.
Phoenician
, (Provenance),
Phoenician funeral stele with bilingual Greek and Phoenician inscriptions (330-300 BCE)
Auronzo di Cadore
Venetic
, (Place attested)
Austria
Raetic
, (Place of origin)
Azaila
Iberian
, (Place attested)
Iberian
, (Provenance),
Painted kalathos from Azaila.
Azraq
Ancient North Arabian
, (Place attested)
Ancient North Arabian
, (Provenance),
Safaitic graffito from Jabal Qurma (southern Jordan).
Ancient North Arabian
, (Provenance),
Safaitic graffito from Jabal Qurma (southern Jordan).
B
Bet Shemesh
Proto-Canaanite
, (Place attested)
Proto-Canaanite
, (Place found),
Beth-shemesh fragment potsherd with inscription, 12th-11th cent. B.C.
Birecik
Syriac
, (Place attested)
Bishkek
Syriac
, (Place attested)
Botorrita (Zaragoza)
Celtic, Celtiberian
, (Place attested)
Celtic, Celtiberian
, (Provenance),
Bronze plaque from Botorrita III (MLH K.1.3, BDH Z.09.03)
Celtic, writing systems
, (Provenance),
Celtiberian: The first Botorrita Bronze plaque
Celtic, Celtiberian
, (Provenance),
Botorrita Bronze III (editio princeps : Beltran Lloris, de Hoz, Untermann, 1996). Z.09.03
Celtic, Celtiberian
, (Provenance),
Botorrita Bronze I (MLH K.1.1; Z.09.01) Saragozza Museum
C
Cerveteri
Etruscan
, (Place attested)
Chiusi
Etruscan
, (Place attested)
Classical Mauretania (modern NW Africa)
Libyco-Berber
, (Place of origin)
Coligny (Ain)
Celtic, gaulish
, (Place attested)
Celtic, gaulish
, (Provenance),
Gallo-Latin: Calendar from Coligny (Ain)
Corchiano
Faliscan
, (Place attested)
Crete
Greek alphabets
, (Diffusion area)
Linear A
, (Place of origin)
Linear B
, (Diffusion area)
Phaistos Disc
, (Place of origin)
Cretan Hieroglyphic
, (Place of origin)
Cyprus
Cypro-Syllabic
, (Place of origin)
Greek alphabets
, (Diffusion area)
Phoenician
, (Diffusion area)
Cypro-Minoan
, (Place of origin)
Cythera
Cretan Hieroglyphic
, (Place attested)
D
Dimini
Linear B
, (Place attested)
Dumat al jandal
Ancient North Arabian
, (Place attested)
Ancient North Arabian
, (Provenance),
Dumaitic
Ancient North Arabian
, (Provenance),
Dumaitic
Dur-Untaš
Elamite
, (Place attested)
Dura-Europos
Syriac
, (Place attested)
E
Edessa
Syriac
, (Place attested)
Egypt
Coptic
, (Place of origin)
Demotic
, (Place of origin)
Greek alphabets
, (Diffusion area)
Hieratic
, (Place of origin)
Proto-Sinaitic
, (Place of origin)
Egyptian Hieroglyphics
, (Place of origin)
Cursive Egyptian Hieroglyphics
, (Place of origin)
Akkadian Cuneiform
, (Diffusion area)
Ancient North Arabian
, (Diffusion area)
Meroitic Cursive and Hieroglyphs
, (Diffusion area)
Old Nubian
, (Diffusion area)
Aramaic
, (Provenance),
Official Aramaic IV
Ancient South Arabian
, (Provenance),
Minaic inscription engraved on a wooden sarcophagus found in Egypt, which commemorates the death of a Minaic merchant resident in this country, where he traded aromatic substances to the local temples. The inscription is dated to the 22nd year of the reign of Ptolemy (perhaps Ptolemy II, 3rd c. BC).
Elche (Ilici)
Iberian
, (Place attested)
Eleusis
Linear B
, (Place attested)
Empuriés
Iberian
, (Place attested)
Ensérune
Iberian
, (Place attested)
Erice
Elymian
, (Place attested)
Eridu
Sumerian Cuneiform
, (Place attested)
Espanca
Iberian
, (Place attested)
Iberian
, (Provenance),
Espanca stone
Iberian
, (Provenance),
Written stone from Espanca (MLH J.25.1 ; BDH BEJ.05.03).
Ethiopia
Ancient South Arabian
, (Diffusion area)
F
Faras
Old Nubian
, (Place attested)
Old Nubian
, (Provenance),
Fragment of mud plaster with Old Nubian inscription from Faras 11th-15th century (Warsaw, Muzeum Narodowe)
Felsina
Etruscan
, (Place attested)
G
Gebel Adda
Old Nubian
, (Place attested)
Gezer
Proto-Canaanite
, (Place attested)
Hebrew
, (Provenance),
Gezer Calendar (10th - 9th century BC)
Proto-Canaanite
, (Place found),
Gezer potsherd
Girsu
Sumerian Cuneiform
, (Place attested)
Gla
Linear B
, (Place attested)
Gordion
Phrygian
, (Place attested)
Gournia
Linear A
, (Place attested)
Cretan Hieroglyphic
, (Place attested)
Greece
Greek alphabets
, (Place of origin)
Linear A
, (Diffusion area)
Linear B
, (Diffusion area)
Phoenician
, (Diffusion area)
Lemnian
, (Place of origin)
Gurina
Venetic
, (Place attested)
H
H. Irini
Linear A
, (Place attested)
H. Stephanos
Linear A
, (Place attested)
H. Triada
Linear A
, (Place attested)
Linear A
, (Provenance),
Tablet HT 13 (Crete, Agia Triada, mid-15th century BC)
Linear A
, (Provenance),
Tablet HT 13 from Agia Triada (Crete), mid-15th c. BC. (Museum of Herakleion, Crete)
H. Vassileios
Linear B
, (Place attested)
Hattusha (Boghazkale, Turkey)
Cuneiform Luwian
, (Place attested)
Hurrian
, (Provenance),
The Song of Release
Hieroglyphic Luwian
, (Provenance),
Hieroglyphic inscription of Nişantepe with the description of the military campaign of Šuppiluliuma II against (Alašiya) Cyprus
Cuneiform Luwian
, (Provenance),
Hittite and Luwian bilingual Mythological text from Hattusa. Now kept by the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara (Turkey).
Ḥimā
Ancient North Arabian
, (Place attested)
Ancient North Arabian
, (Provenance),
Southern Thamudic (Himaitic)
I
Idrija
Venetic
, (Place attested)
Iklaina
Linear B
, (Place attested)
Irak
Sumerian Cuneiform
, (Place of origin)
Akkadian Cuneiform
, (Place of origin)
Ancient North Arabian
, (Diffusion area)
Iran
Proto-Elamite
, (Place of origin)
Elamite
, (Place of origin)
Linear Elamite
, (Place of origin)
Israel/Palestine
Ancient North Arabian
, (Diffusion area)
Italy
Etruscan
, (Place of origin)
Faliscan
, (Place of origin)
Greek alphabets
, (Place of origin)
Latin
, (Place of origin)
Phoenician
, (Diffusion area)
Oscan
, (Place of origin)
Venetic
, (Place of origin)
Umbrian
, (Place of origin)
Elymian
, (Place of origin)
Messapic
, (Place of origin)
South Picene
, (Place of origin)
Raetic
, (Place of origin)
Izbet Sartah
Proto-Canaanite
, (Place attested)
Proto-Canaanite
, (Place found),
Abecedary from ‘Izbet Ṣarṭah
J
Jerusalem
Proto-Canaanite
, (Place attested)
Hebrew
, (Provenance),
Paleo-Hebrew writing from the Siloam Canal (Jerusalem, second half 8th century BC)
Hebrew
, (Provenance),
Funeral inscription of a royal official (Silwan, near Jerusalem; end 8th century BC)
Proto-Canaanite
, (Place found),
Incised pithos fragment Ophel-Jerusalem. 10th cent. B.C.
Jordan
Ancient North Arabian
, (Place of origin)
K
Kapnak
Elamite
, (Place attested)
Karanog
Meroitic Cursive and Hieroglyphs
, (Place attested)
Meroitic Cursive and Hieroglyphs
, (Provenance),
Funerary stele in Cursive Meroitic
Kastri
Linear A
, (Place attested)
Katalimata
Cretan Hieroglyphic
, (Place attested)
Kato Symi
Linear A
, (Place attested)
Cretan Hieroglyphic
, (Place attested)
Kaunos
Carian
, (Place attested)
Carian
, (Provenance),
Bilingual inscription in Greek and Carian from Kaunos (C.Ka 5)
Kawa
Meroitic Cursive and Hieroglyphs
, (Place attested)
Kerma
Meroitic Cursive and Hieroglyphs
, (Place attested)
Khania
Linear A
, (Place attested)
Linear B
, (Place attested)
Linear A
, (Provenance),
Roundel KH Wc 2122 (Crete, Chania, 15th century BC)
Linear A
, (Provenance),
Roundel KH Wc 2122 from Khania (Crete), mid 15th century BC
Linear A
, (Provenance),
Tablet KH 11 from Khania (Crete), mid 15th century BC
Linear A
, (Provenance),
Tablet KH 5 from Khania (Crete), mid 15th century BC
Khirbet Qeiyafa
Proto-Canaanite
, (Place attested)
Proto-Canaanite
, (Place found),
Khirbet Qeiyafa ostracon 10th cent. B.C.
Kish
Sumerian Cuneiform
, (Place attested)
Knossos
Cretan Hieroglyphic
, (Place attested)
Cretan Hieroglyphic
, (Provenance),
Medallion KN He (04) 06 (CHIC #039)
Cretan Hieroglyphic
, (Provenance),
Medallion from the Knossos 'Hieroglyphic Deposit', 18th century BC (Museum of Herakleion, Crete)
Linear A
, (Provenance),
Gold ring KN Zf 13 from Knossos (Crete, Mavro Spileo cemetery), beginning of the 16th cent. BC
Linear B
, (Provenance),
Tablet KN Sc 230 from the 'Room of Chariot Tablets' of Knossos (Crete), end 15th - beginning 14th century BC.
Konar Sandal
Linear Elamite
, (Place attested)
Kreusis
Linear B
, (Place attested)
L
La Bastida de les Alcusses
Iberian
, (Place attested)
Iberian
, (Provenance),
La Bastida de les Alcusses (Mogente, Valencia) lead plaque (face B)
Lachish
Proto-Canaanite
, (Place attested)
Hebrew
, (Provenance),
Lachish Letter II (589-587 BC)
Proto-Canaanite
, (Place found),
Lachish ewer
Proto-Canaanite
, (Place found),
Lachish bowl fragment ca. 12th cent. B.C.
Lagole di Calalzo di Cadore
Venetic
, (Place attested)
Lyan
Elamite
, (Place attested)
L’Hospitalet-du-Larzac (Aveyron)
Celtic, gaulish
, (Place attested)
Celtic, gaulish
, (Provenance),
Gallo-Latin: magical inscription on lead-plaque (L'Hospitalet-du-Larzac)
Celtic, gaulish
, (Provenance),
Gallo-Latin inscription on lead from Hospitalet du Larzac, around 100 A.D., (RIG II.2, L-98).
M
Madāʾin Ṣāliḥ
Ancient North Arabian
, (Place attested)
Ancient North Arabian
, (Provenance),
Thamudic D
Ancient North Arabian
, (Provenance),
Dadanitic inscription in rilief and archaic script engraved on the Jabal Iṯāb, near Madāʾin Ṣāliḥ (Saudi Arabia).
Malia
Linear A
, (Place attested)
Linear B
, (Place attested)
Cretan Hieroglyphic
, (Place attested)
Marv Dasht
Proto-Elamite
, (Place attested)
Linear Elamite
, (Place attested)
Medeon
Linear B
, (Place attested)
Meroë
Meroitic Cursive and Hieroglyphs
, (Place attested)
Meroitic Cursive and Hieroglyphs
, (Provenance),
Cursive Meroitic inscription, 1st century CE (Munich, ÄS 2624)
Meroitic Cursive and Hieroglyphs
, (Provenance),
Offering table with cursive Meroitic inscription (New York, American Museum of Natural History)
Meroitic Cursive and Hieroglyphs
, (Provenance),
Red siltstone votive plaque of King Tanyidamani with cursive Meroitic text, from Meroë, 1st century CE (Baltimore, Walters Art Museum)
Meroitic Cursive and Hieroglyphs
, (Provenance),
Sandstone relief depicting Prince Arikankharer slaughtering his enemies, with name written in Meroitici hieroglyphs inside a cartouche, 1st century CE (Worcester, Worcester Art Museum)
Meroitic Cursive and Hieroglyphs
, (Provenance),
Inner wall of the funerary chapel of Kandake Shanakdakhete with short texts in Meroitic hieroglyphs, from Meroë, 2nd century CE (London, British Museum)
Meroitic Cursive and Hieroglyphs
, (Provenance),
Sandstone carved blocks from the chapel of Amanitenmemide, with image of the seated king protected by a winged Isis, from Meroë, 1st century AD (Berlin, Neues Museum)
Meroitic Cursive and Hieroglyphs
, (Provenance),
Offering table of Queen Amanikhatashan with text in Meroitic hieroglyphs, 1st century CE (Atlanta, Michael C. Carlos Museum)
Mesopotamia
Syriac
, (Diffusion area)
Sumerian Cuneiform
, (Place of origin)
Akkadian Cuneiform
, (Place of origin)
Hurrian
, (Diffusion area)
Aramaic
, (Provenance),
Late Aramaic I
Aramaic
, (Provenance),
Late Aramaic II
Aramaic
, (Provenance),
Late Aramaic: a section of the Mandaic religious text known as "The Baptism of Hibil Ziwa". The book features instructions and prayers for the baptism of a priest who lost the ritual purity.
midasşehir (Mida's City)
Phrygian
, (Place attested)
Phrygian
, (Provenance),
M-01a Façade of the "Tomb of Midas"
Midea
Linear B
, (Place attested)
Mikro Vouni
Linear A
, (Place attested)
Cretan Hieroglyphic
, (Place attested)
Linear A
, (Provenance),
Nodule SA We 3 from Samothrace, 17th century BC.
Miletus
Linear A
, (Place attested)
Monte Castellazzo, Poggioreale
Elymian
, (Place attested)
Elymian
, (Provenance),
Graffito on a potsherd from Grotta Vanella (Segesta)
Montelepre
Elymian
, (Place attested)
Elymian
, (Provenance),
Graffito on a potsherd from Grotta Vanella (Segesta)
Mount Behistun
Elamite
, (Place attested)
Mount Iuktas
Linear A
, (Place attested)
Musawwarat as-Sufra
Meroitic Cursive and Hieroglyphs
, (Place attested)
Mycenae
Linear B
, (Place attested)
Linear B
, (Provenance),
Tablet MY Oe 106 from the 'House of the Oil Merchant', Mycenae, middle 13th century BC.
Linear B
, (Provenance),
Tablet MY Oi 701 from the 'Citadel House', Mycenae, end 13th century BC.
N
Nag Gamus
Meroitic Cursive and Hieroglyphs
, (Place attested)
Meroitic Cursive and Hieroglyphs
, (Provenance),
Sandstone Meroitic stela from Nag Gamus (Madrid, Museo Arqueológico Nacional de España)
Najrān
Ancient North Arabian
, (Place attested)
Ancient North Arabian
, (Provenance),
Graffito in Himaitic Thamudic from Ḥimā, north of Najrān (Saudi Arabia).
Ancient North Arabian
, (Provenance),
Graffiti in Himaitic Thamudic from Ḥimā, north of Najrān (Saudi Arabia).
Ancient North Arabian
, (Provenance),
Graffiti in Himaitic Thamudic from Ḥimā, north of Najrān (Saudi Arabia).
Namāra
Ancient North Arabian
, (Place attested)
Ancient North Arabian
, (Provenance),
Safaitic
Napata
Meroitic Cursive and Hieroglyphs
, (Place attested)
Naqa
Meroitic Cursive and Hieroglyphs
, (Place attested)
Meroitic Cursive and Hieroglyphs
, (Provenance),
Sandstone stela of the Kandake Amanishakheto between the goddess Amesemi and the lion-headed god Apedemak, from Naqa, 1st century BCE (Munich, Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst)
Nerokourou
Linear A
, (Place attested)
Nîmes
Celtic, gaulish
, (Place attested)
Nippur
Sumerian Cuneiform
, (Place attested)
Numidia
Libyco-Berber
, (Place of origin)
O
Oderzo
Venetic
, (Place attested)
Old Dongola
Old Nubian
, (Place attested)
Oman
Ancient South Arabian
, (Diffusion area)
Orchomenos
Linear B
, (Place attested)
P
Palaikastro
Linear A
, (Place attested)
Paphos
Cypro-Syllabic
, (Place attested)
Pech Maho
Etruscan
, (Place attested)
Peñalba de Villastar
Celtic, Celtiberian
, (Place attested)
Celtic, Celtiberian
, (Provenance),
Rock inscription from Peñalba de Villastar (MLH K.3.3; BDH TE.17.03)
Celtic, Celtiberian
, (Provenance),
Rock inscription, Peñalba de Villastar (MLH K.3.3; BDH TE.17.03)
Persepolis
Elamite
, (Place attested)
Aramaic
, (Place found),
Official Aramaic: tablet with administrative record (Persepolis, 6th-5th cent. B.C.)
Persia
Proto-Elamite
, (Place of origin)
Elamite
, (Place of origin)
Linear Elamite
, (Place of origin)
Perugia
Etruscan
, (Place attested)
Petras
Linear A
, (Place attested)
Cretan Hieroglyphic
, (Place attested)
Linear A
, (Provenance),
Edge of pithos PE Zb 3 (Crete, Petras, 15th century BC)
Linear A
, (Provenance),
Inscription on pithos, Crete, Petras, 15th century BC.
Petsophas
Linear A
, (Place attested)
Phaistos
Linear A
, (Place attested)
Cretan Hieroglyphic
, (Place attested)
Cretan Hieroglyphic
, (Provenance),
Tablet from Phaistos, Crete (facsimile), 18th century BC
Phaistos Disc
, (Provenance),
Phaistos Disc (side A and B)
Philæ
Meroitic Cursive and Hieroglyphs
, (Place attested)
Phoenicia
Byblos (Pseudo-hieroglyphic)
, (Place of origin)
Phoenician
, (Place of origin)
Phourni
Linear A
, (Place attested)
Phylakopi
Linear A
, (Place attested)
Populonia
Etruscan
, (Place attested)
Poros Herakleiou
Linear A
, (Place attested)
Prassa
Linear A
, (Place attested)
Psychro
Linear A
, (Place attested)
Pylos
Linear B
, (Place attested)
Pyrgos
Linear A
, (Place attested)
Q
Qasr Ibrim
Meroitic Cursive and Hieroglyphs
, (Place attested)
Old Nubian
, (Place attested)
Meroitic Cursive and Hieroglyphs
, (Provenance),
Cursive Meroitic ostracon, from Qasr Ibrim (London, British Museum EA67972)
Old Nubian
, (Provenance),
Old Nubian parchment fragment from Qasr Ibrim with illuminated image of a bishop (London, British Museum EA82963)
Old Nubian
, (Provenance),
Parchment fragment with Old Nubian text of the Liber Institutionis Michaelis, from Qasr Ibrim, 9th-10th century AD (London, British Museum British Museum EA 71305)
Old Nubian
, (Provenance),
Parchment with text in the Bible in Old Nubian, from Qasr Ibrim, 9th-10th century AD (London, British Museum EA 71301)
Qubur al-Walaydah
Proto-Canaanite
, (Place attested)
Proto-Canaanite
, (Place found),
Bowl fragment from Qubur al-Walaydah 12th cent. B.C.
R
Rās an-Naqab
Ancient North Arabian
, (Place attested)
Ancient North Arabian
, (Provenance),
Hismaic
Ancient North Arabian
, (Provenance),
Hismaic
Rasm ʿAmīri
Ancient North Arabian
, (Place attested)
Ancient North Arabian
, (Provenance),
Safaitic
Rocca d'Entella
Elymian
, (Place attested)
S
S. Maria di Falleri
Faliscan
, (Place attested)
Sanzeno, Val di Non
Raetic
, (Place attested)
Sardis
Lydian
, (Place attested)
Lydian
, (Provenance),
Stele from Sardis A I 3
Lydian
, (Provenance),
Bilingual inscription in Lydian and Aramaic
Lydian
, (Provenance),
Funerary inscription from Sardis, held in the Metropolitan Museum
Lydian
, (Provenance),
Particular of the Funerary inscription from Sardis, held in the Metropolitan Museum
Saudi Arabia
Ancient South Arabian
, (Diffusion area)
Ancient North Arabian
, (Place of origin)
Serabit el-Khadim
Proto-Sinaitic
, (Place attested)
Proto-Sinaitic
, (Place found),
Sinai 346
Proto-Sinaitic
, (Place found),
Sinai 357
Proto-Sinaitic
, (Place found),
Inscription Sinai 375
Proto-Sinaitic
, (Place found),
Inscription Sinai 363
Serrin / Manbij
Syriac
, (Place attested)
Aramaic
, (Place held),
Late Aramaic: early Syriac inscription from a tomb-tower in Serrin (Syria, 73 A.D.)
Shahdad
Proto-Elamite
, (Place attested)
Linear Elamite
, (Place attested)
Shahr-i Sokhta
Proto-Elamite
, (Place attested)
Soba
Old Nubian
, (Place attested)
Sonqi Tino
Old Nubian
, (Place attested)
Spain
Iberian
, (Place of origin)
Phoenician
, (Diffusion area)
Spina
Etruscan
, (Place attested)
Sudan
Meroitic Cursive and Hieroglyphs
, (Place of origin)
Old Nubian
, (Place of origin)
Susa (Iran)
Proto-Elamite
, (Place attested)
Linear Elamite
, (Place attested)
Akkadian Cuneiform
, (Place found),
The "Law Code" of Hammurapi, inscription on diorite stele, Old Babylonian period, reign of Hammurapi (1792-1750 B.C.)
Elamite
, (Provenance),
Inscription on baked brick of Untash-Naprisha (c. 1275-1240 B.C.)
Elamite
, (Provenance),
Limestone column base from the Persian palace of Susa, bearing a trilingual inscription in Elamite, Old Persian, and Babylonian, c. 510 B.C., Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Elamite
, (Provenance),
Glazed brick of Shilhak-Inshushinak with an Elamite inscription, c. 1140 B.C., Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Linear Elamite
, (Provenance),
Clay cone with linear Elamite inscription, reign of Puzur-Inshushinak. From Susa, Iran. Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Linear Elamite
, (Provenance),
Stone statue pedestal, with linear Elamite inscription. From Susa, Iran. Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Syria
Aramaic
, (Place of origin)
Eblaite
, (Place of origin)
Cuneiform Hittite
, (Diffusion area)
Phoenician
, (Diffusion area)
Syriac
, (Place of origin)
Sumerian Cuneiform
, (Diffusion area)
Ugaritic
, (Place of origin)
Akkadian Cuneiform
, (Diffusion area)
Hurrian
, (Place of origin)
Ancient North Arabian
, (Place of origin)
Syria Palestine
Hebrew
, (Place of origin)
Ugaritic
, (Diffusion area)
Edomite
, (Diffusion area)
Proto-Canaanite
, (Place of origin)
T
Tajikistan
Syriac
, (Place attested)
Tarquinia
Etruscan
, (Place attested)
Taymāʾ
Ancient North Arabian
, (Place attested)
Ancient North Arabian
, (Provenance),
Taymanitic
Ancient North Arabian
, (Provenance),
Taymanitic
Ancient North Arabian
, (Provenance),
Taymanitic
Ancient North Arabian
, (Provenance),
Taymanitic inscription engraved on a rock near Ramm, south of Taymāʾ (Saudi Arabia).
Ancient North Arabian
, (Provenance),
Taymanitic inscription engraved on a rock near Ramm, south of Taymāʾ (Saudi Arabia).
Ancient North Arabian
, (Provenance),
Graffito in Thamudic C engraved on a rock near Ramm, south of Taymāʾ (Saudi Arabia).
Tepe Sialk
Proto-Elamite
, (Place attested)
Tepe Yahya
Proto-Elamite
, (Place attested)
Thebes
Linear B
, (Place attested)
Linear B
, (Provenance),
Inscribed stirrup Jar TH Z 852, 'Kadmeion', Thebes, mid-13th cent. BC
Tiryns
Linear A
, (Place attested)
Linear B
, (Place attested)
Tlos
Lycian
, (Place attested)
Lycian
, (Provenance),
Funeral inscription (TL 25)
Lycian
, (Provenance),
Descrizione (FR)
Tossal de Sant Miquel
Iberian
, (Place attested)
Transjordan
Ammonite
, (Place of origin)
Moabite
, (Place of origin)
Edomite
, (Place of origin)
Treviso
Venetic
, (Place attested)
Turkey
Hieroglyphic Luwian
, (Place attested)
Tylissos
Linear A
, (Place attested)
U
Ugarit
Cypro-Minoan
, (Place attested)
Ugaritic
, (Provenance),
Ax RS 1.051
Ugaritic
, (Provenance),
Letter RS 15.008
Ugaritic
, (Provenance),
Alphabet RS 12.063 [=KTU 5.6]
Ugaritic
, (Provenance),
Stele with a dedication to the god Dagan unearthed at the acropolis of Ugarit
Ugaritic
, (Provenance),
Front of the clay tablet with the so-called mythological-ritual text “Shaḥar e Shalim”.
Ugaritic
, (Provenance),
Mythological text - Baal cycle - KTU 1.5
Ullastret
Iberian
, (Place attested)
Iberian
, (Provenance),
Ullastret lead plaque (face A)
Ur
Sumerian Cuneiform
, (Place attested)
Moabite
, (Provenance),
Seal of Kmšntn (7th century BC)
Urgut
Syriac
, (Place attested)
Uruk
Sumerian Cuneiform
, (Place attested)
V
Vaison-la-Romaine (Vaucluse)
Celtic, gaulish
, (Place attested)
Celtic, gaulish
, (Provenance),
Gallo-greek : Inscription on stone (Vaison-la-Romaine)
Celtic, gaulish
, (Provenance),
Dedication of Segomaros to Belesama (Vaison-la-Romaine) Stone block (25 x 31 cm), certainly cut from a larger one, dating 2nd-1st c. BC. Found at Vaison-la-Romaine (Vaucluse) in 1840 and now held in the Musée Calvet (Avignon).
Verona
Venetic
, (Place attested)
Vicenza
Venetic
, (Place attested)
Vignanello
Faliscan
, (Place attested)
Volos
Linear B
, (Place attested)
Volsinii
Etruscan
, (Place attested)
Volterra
Etruscan
, (Place attested)
Vrysinas
Linear A
, (Place attested)
Cretan Hieroglyphic
, (Place attested)
Vulci
Etruscan
, (Place attested)
W
Wadi an-Natrun
Syriac
, (Place attested)
Old Nubian
, (Place attested)
Coptic
, (Provenance),
Fresco painting of the Annunciation, VIII-IX cent.; Church of the Virgin Mary, Coptic Hortodox Monastery of Deir el-Suriani, Wadi Natrun (Egypt)
Coptic
, (Provenance),
Coptic inscription; Church of the Virgin Mary, Coptic Hortodox Monastery of Deir el-Suriani, Wadi Natrun (Egypt)
Wadi el-Hol
Proto-Sinaitic
, (Place attested)
Proto-Sinaitic
, (Place found),
Wadi el-Hol inscription 2
Proto-Sinaitic
, (Place found),
Wadi el-Hol inscription 1
wadi Rāmm
Ancient North Arabian
, (Place attested)
Ancient North Arabian
, (Provenance),
Hismaic
Y
Yemen
Ancient South Arabian
, (Place of origin)
Ysyk-Köl (lake)
Syriac
, (Place attested)
Z
Zakros
Linear A
, (Place attested)
Linear A
, (Provenance),
Tablet ZA 8 from Zakros, 15th century BC <br /> Source: http://www.archaeology.org/online/reviews/minoans/jpegs/01.jpg
Zominthos
Cretan Hieroglyphic
, (Place attested)
Zuglio
Venetic
, (Place attested)