Matuww Scripts
@matuww.bsky.social
Matuww is a project involving linguistics, history, and art on the phylogenetic relationships of writing scripts descended from Egyptian hieroglyphs, showing how connected we are as humans.
𓏞 Project link: matuww.com
https://www.ko-fi.com/matuww
𓏞 Project link: matuww.com
https://www.ko-fi.com/matuww
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Matuww Scripts
@matuww.bsky.social
· Oct 20
The goal of maˈtʼuww is to portray the phylogenetic relationship of #Egyptian hieroglyphs and her descendant scripts, and allow a visual comparison between letters, while backing this up with evidence wherever possible.
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#art
#matuww
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#art
#matuww
If you like what we do here on #matuww,
please consider supporting us on #ko-fi!
It helps fund #art #commissions for #portraits to put #faces behind those behind the pen/stylus/brush/hammer and chisel/keyboard while supporting #independent #artists like Daria!
Link: tinyurl.com/ueysvkkh
please consider supporting us on #ko-fi!
It helps fund #art #commissions for #portraits to put #faces behind those behind the pen/stylus/brush/hammer and chisel/keyboard while supporting #independent #artists like Daria!
Link: tinyurl.com/ueysvkkh
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February 8, 2026 at 9:18 PM
If you like what we do here on #matuww,
please consider supporting us on #ko-fi!
It helps fund #art #commissions for #portraits to put #faces behind those behind the pen/stylus/brush/hammer and chisel/keyboard while supporting #independent #artists like Daria!
Link: tinyurl.com/ueysvkkh
please consider supporting us on #ko-fi!
It helps fund #art #commissions for #portraits to put #faces behind those behind the pen/stylus/brush/hammer and chisel/keyboard while supporting #independent #artists like Daria!
Link: tinyurl.com/ueysvkkh
New #commission #art joins the #gallery of #matuww!
Many thanks to Daria for depicting #Ukrainians, who are #Cyrillic script users!
Learn more about the Cyrillic #alphabet here:
tinyurl.com/3p92wvs3
Check out Daria here:
tinyurl.com/4jkaua3h
Many thanks to Daria for depicting #Ukrainians, who are #Cyrillic script users!
Learn more about the Cyrillic #alphabet here:
tinyurl.com/3p92wvs3
Check out Daria here:
tinyurl.com/4jkaua3h
February 8, 2026 at 7:14 PM
New #commission #art joins the #gallery of #matuww!
Many thanks to Daria for depicting #Ukrainians, who are #Cyrillic script users!
Learn more about the Cyrillic #alphabet here:
tinyurl.com/3p92wvs3
Check out Daria here:
tinyurl.com/4jkaua3h
Many thanks to Daria for depicting #Ukrainians, who are #Cyrillic script users!
Learn more about the Cyrillic #alphabet here:
tinyurl.com/3p92wvs3
Check out Daria here:
tinyurl.com/4jkaua3h
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Did Viking Age rune-carvers have distinct 'handwriting'? #NationalHandwritingDay ✍️
Experienced rune-carvers had their own styles and techniques, allowing researchers to pinpoint runestones to the specific carvers who made them using 3D-scanning.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
Experienced rune-carvers had their own styles and techniques, allowing researchers to pinpoint runestones to the specific carvers who made them using 3D-scanning.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
January 23, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Did Viking Age rune-carvers have distinct 'handwriting'? #NationalHandwritingDay ✍️
Experienced rune-carvers had their own styles and techniques, allowing researchers to pinpoint runestones to the specific carvers who made them using 3D-scanning.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
Experienced rune-carvers had their own styles and techniques, allowing researchers to pinpoint runestones to the specific carvers who made them using 3D-scanning.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
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#OnThisDay - 19 January - in 30 BC the Caesarion Stela was written. The inscription details a contract agreement between linen manufacturers and a guild of embalmers, concerning the cult of the Apis Bull. #Egypt #History 🏺
Image: British Museum (EA1325). Link - britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
Image: British Museum (EA1325). Link - britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
January 19, 2026 at 9:05 AM
#OnThisDay - 19 January - in 30 BC the Caesarion Stela was written. The inscription details a contract agreement between linen manufacturers and a guild of embalmers, concerning the cult of the Apis Bull. #Egypt #History 🏺
Image: British Museum (EA1325). Link - britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
Image: British Museum (EA1325). Link - britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
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#OnThisDay - 19 January - in AD 379 Theodosius was elevated to the rank of 'Augustus' with the approval of Gratian, taking responsibility for the Eastern Empire. #AncientHistory 🏺
Image: RIC IX Constantinople 71A; Münzkabinett Berlin (18268558). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC IX Constantinople 71A; Münzkabinett Berlin (18268558). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
January 19, 2026 at 9:06 AM
#OnThisDay - 19 January - in AD 379 Theodosius was elevated to the rank of 'Augustus' with the approval of Gratian, taking responsibility for the Eastern Empire. #AncientHistory 🏺
Image: RIC IX Constantinople 71A; Münzkabinett Berlin (18268558). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC IX Constantinople 71A; Münzkabinett Berlin (18268558). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
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Stone artefact from pre-Islamic Tell Abraq (United Arab Emirates) with an Aramaic inscription #EpigraphyTuesday
Aramaic was spoken in the Characene Kingdom (modern Iraq), indicating commercial connections across the Gulf.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
Aramaic was spoken in the Characene Kingdom (modern Iraq), indicating commercial connections across the Gulf.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
January 20, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Stone artefact from pre-Islamic Tell Abraq (United Arab Emirates) with an Aramaic inscription #EpigraphyTuesday
Aramaic was spoken in the Characene Kingdom (modern Iraq), indicating commercial connections across the Gulf.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
Aramaic was spoken in the Characene Kingdom (modern Iraq), indicating commercial connections across the Gulf.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
An example of #Umbrian writing:
#Tablet 2 of the #Iguvine Tablets. 3 c. BCE - 1 c. BCE. #Gubbio, #Umbria, #Italy.
For more information: tinyurl.com/45r25hw8
#writingscripts
#language
#history
#archaeology
#epigraphy
🏺
#matuww
#Tablet 2 of the #Iguvine Tablets. 3 c. BCE - 1 c. BCE. #Gubbio, #Umbria, #Italy.
For more information: tinyurl.com/45r25hw8
#writingscripts
#language
#history
#archaeology
#epigraphy
🏺
#matuww
January 15, 2026 at 10:01 AM
An example of #Umbrian writing:
#Tablet 2 of the #Iguvine Tablets. 3 c. BCE - 1 c. BCE. #Gubbio, #Umbria, #Italy.
For more information: tinyurl.com/45r25hw8
#writingscripts
#language
#history
#archaeology
#epigraphy
🏺
#matuww
#Tablet 2 of the #Iguvine Tablets. 3 c. BCE - 1 c. BCE. #Gubbio, #Umbria, #Italy.
For more information: tinyurl.com/45r25hw8
#writingscripts
#language
#history
#archaeology
#epigraphy
🏺
#matuww
#Umbrian is an #Etruscan derived #alphabet used in central #Italy, in 4-1 c. BCE.
This was used to write the #extinct Umbrian #language, which is #Italic and part of the #Sabellic subfamily.
Full page: tinyurl.com/2hnscu63
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#map
#matuww
This was used to write the #extinct Umbrian #language, which is #Italic and part of the #Sabellic subfamily.
Full page: tinyurl.com/2hnscu63
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#map
#matuww
January 15, 2026 at 10:00 AM
#Umbrian is an #Etruscan derived #alphabet used in central #Italy, in 4-1 c. BCE.
This was used to write the #extinct Umbrian #language, which is #Italic and part of the #Sabellic subfamily.
Full page: tinyurl.com/2hnscu63
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#map
#matuww
This was used to write the #extinct Umbrian #language, which is #Italic and part of the #Sabellic subfamily.
Full page: tinyurl.com/2hnscu63
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#map
#matuww
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One favourite among runologists is this inscription with ciphered runes mentioning a carver “most rune-skilled west of the sea” kulturarvsdata.se/uu/srdb/9cfa...
October 21, 2025 at 5:29 PM
One favourite among runologists is this inscription with ciphered runes mentioning a carver “most rune-skilled west of the sea” kulturarvsdata.se/uu/srdb/9cfa...
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Oh! There's a bilinear half-uncial-shaped g in the Book of Durrow! (TCD, MS 57, fol. 86r)
November 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Oh! There's a bilinear half-uncial-shaped g in the Book of Durrow! (TCD, MS 57, fol. 86r)
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Initial 'Q'(uid) at the beginning of Psalm 51:
'Quid gloriaris in malitia qui potens es in iniquitate?'
BL Add MS 36929; The 'Psalter of Cormac'; 1275-1325 CE; Ireland; f.60r
'Quid gloriaris in malitia qui potens es in iniquitate?'
BL Add MS 36929; The 'Psalter of Cormac'; 1275-1325 CE; Ireland; f.60r
December 20, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Initial 'Q'(uid) at the beginning of Psalm 51:
'Quid gloriaris in malitia qui potens es in iniquitate?'
BL Add MS 36929; The 'Psalter of Cormac'; 1275-1325 CE; Ireland; f.60r
'Quid gloriaris in malitia qui potens es in iniquitate?'
BL Add MS 36929; The 'Psalter of Cormac'; 1275-1325 CE; Ireland; f.60r
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For all the newcomers interested in book and manuscript history here is a handy starter pack
go.bsky.app/AN9pLVo
go.bsky.app/AN9pLVo
January 12, 2026 at 5:41 PM
For all the newcomers interested in book and manuscript history here is a handy starter pack
go.bsky.app/AN9pLVo
go.bsky.app/AN9pLVo
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When I started BretPal (almost two years ago 😪), I had one very clear research goal: to establish parameters for Breton Caroline minuscule
(Bern, Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 85)
(Bern, Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 85)
September 15, 2025 at 12:27 PM
When I started BretPal (almost two years ago 😪), I had one very clear research goal: to establish parameters for Breton Caroline minuscule
(Bern, Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 85)
(Bern, Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 85)
An example of #Oscan writing:
#Bronze #tablet. 3 c. BCE - 1 c. BCE. #Agnone, #Molise, #Italy.
#Inscriptions concerning the dedication of statues of various #deities.
For more information: tinyurl.com/4m3s2rru
#writingscripts
#language
#history
#archaeology
#epigraphy
🏺
#matuww
#Bronze #tablet. 3 c. BCE - 1 c. BCE. #Agnone, #Molise, #Italy.
#Inscriptions concerning the dedication of statues of various #deities.
For more information: tinyurl.com/4m3s2rru
#writingscripts
#language
#history
#archaeology
#epigraphy
🏺
#matuww
January 13, 2026 at 3:25 PM
An example of #Oscan writing:
#Bronze #tablet. 3 c. BCE - 1 c. BCE. #Agnone, #Molise, #Italy.
#Inscriptions concerning the dedication of statues of various #deities.
For more information: tinyurl.com/4m3s2rru
#writingscripts
#language
#history
#archaeology
#epigraphy
🏺
#matuww
#Bronze #tablet. 3 c. BCE - 1 c. BCE. #Agnone, #Molise, #Italy.
#Inscriptions concerning the dedication of statues of various #deities.
For more information: tinyurl.com/4m3s2rru
#writingscripts
#language
#history
#archaeology
#epigraphy
🏺
#matuww
#Oscan is an #Etruscan derived #alphabet used in Southern #Italy, in 4-1 c. BCE.
This was used to write the #extinct Oscan #language, which is #Italic and part of the #Sabellic subfamily.
Full page: tinyurl.com/ye267ua8
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#map
#matuww
This was used to write the #extinct Oscan #language, which is #Italic and part of the #Sabellic subfamily.
Full page: tinyurl.com/ye267ua8
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#map
#matuww
January 13, 2026 at 3:22 PM
#Oscan is an #Etruscan derived #alphabet used in Southern #Italy, in 4-1 c. BCE.
This was used to write the #extinct Oscan #language, which is #Italic and part of the #Sabellic subfamily.
Full page: tinyurl.com/ye267ua8
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#map
#matuww
This was used to write the #extinct Oscan #language, which is #Italic and part of the #Sabellic subfamily.
Full page: tinyurl.com/ye267ua8
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#map
#matuww
An example of #Camunian writing:
Loc. Zurla, roccia 22. 2 c. BCE - 1 c. BCE. Capo di Ponte, #Val #Camonica, #Italy.
For more information: tinyurl.com/ya5knhs9
#writingscripts
#language
#history
#archaeology
#epigraphy
🏺
#matuww
Loc. Zurla, roccia 22. 2 c. BCE - 1 c. BCE. Capo di Ponte, #Val #Camonica, #Italy.
For more information: tinyurl.com/ya5knhs9
#writingscripts
#language
#history
#archaeology
#epigraphy
🏺
#matuww
January 12, 2026 at 10:27 AM
An example of #Camunian writing:
Loc. Zurla, roccia 22. 2 c. BCE - 1 c. BCE. Capo di Ponte, #Val #Camonica, #Italy.
For more information: tinyurl.com/ya5knhs9
#writingscripts
#language
#history
#archaeology
#epigraphy
🏺
#matuww
Loc. Zurla, roccia 22. 2 c. BCE - 1 c. BCE. Capo di Ponte, #Val #Camonica, #Italy.
For more information: tinyurl.com/ya5knhs9
#writingscripts
#language
#history
#archaeology
#epigraphy
🏺
#matuww
#Camunian is an #Etruscan derived #alphabet used in the Central #Alps, modern day #Italy, in 5 . BCE - 50 CE.
This was used to write the #extinct Camunic #language, which is either #Tyrsenian or #Celtic.
Full page: tinyurl.com/mvvrkrn9
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#map
#matuww
This was used to write the #extinct Camunic #language, which is either #Tyrsenian or #Celtic.
Full page: tinyurl.com/mvvrkrn9
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#map
#matuww
January 12, 2026 at 10:26 AM
#Camunian is an #Etruscan derived #alphabet used in the Central #Alps, modern day #Italy, in 5 . BCE - 50 CE.
This was used to write the #extinct Camunic #language, which is either #Tyrsenian or #Celtic.
Full page: tinyurl.com/mvvrkrn9
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#map
#matuww
This was used to write the #extinct Camunic #language, which is either #Tyrsenian or #Celtic.
Full page: tinyurl.com/mvvrkrn9
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#map
#matuww
An example of #Rhaetic writing:
Bronze plaque. 6 - 5 c. BCE. #Ampass, #Tyrol, #Austria.
For more information: tinyurl.com/3thnvhp5
#writingscripts
#language
#history
#archaeology
#epigraphy
🏺
#matuww
Bronze plaque. 6 - 5 c. BCE. #Ampass, #Tyrol, #Austria.
For more information: tinyurl.com/3thnvhp5
#writingscripts
#language
#history
#archaeology
#epigraphy
🏺
#matuww
January 11, 2026 at 10:23 AM
An example of #Rhaetic writing:
Bronze plaque. 6 - 5 c. BCE. #Ampass, #Tyrol, #Austria.
For more information: tinyurl.com/3thnvhp5
#writingscripts
#language
#history
#archaeology
#epigraphy
🏺
#matuww
Bronze plaque. 6 - 5 c. BCE. #Ampass, #Tyrol, #Austria.
For more information: tinyurl.com/3thnvhp5
#writingscripts
#language
#history
#archaeology
#epigraphy
🏺
#matuww
#Rhaetic is an #Etruscan derived #alphabet used in the Eastern #Alps in 5-1 c. BCE.
This was used to write the #extinct Rhaetic #language, which is #Tyrsenian and is related to Etruscan.
Full page: tinyurl.com/2dx2sph5
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#map
#matuww
This was used to write the #extinct Rhaetic #language, which is #Tyrsenian and is related to Etruscan.
Full page: tinyurl.com/2dx2sph5
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#map
#matuww
January 11, 2026 at 10:22 AM
#Rhaetic is an #Etruscan derived #alphabet used in the Eastern #Alps in 5-1 c. BCE.
This was used to write the #extinct Rhaetic #language, which is #Tyrsenian and is related to Etruscan.
Full page: tinyurl.com/2dx2sph5
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#map
#matuww
This was used to write the #extinct Rhaetic #language, which is #Tyrsenian and is related to Etruscan.
Full page: tinyurl.com/2dx2sph5
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#map
#matuww
An example of South #Picene writing:
#Stela of Penna Sant'Andrea. #Teramo, #Italy.
For more information: tinyurl.com/52djz5ek
#writingscripts
#language
#history
#archaeology
#epigraphy
🏺
#matuww
#Stela of Penna Sant'Andrea. #Teramo, #Italy.
For more information: tinyurl.com/52djz5ek
#writingscripts
#language
#history
#archaeology
#epigraphy
🏺
#matuww
January 8, 2026 at 10:34 AM
An example of South #Picene writing:
#Stela of Penna Sant'Andrea. #Teramo, #Italy.
For more information: tinyurl.com/52djz5ek
#writingscripts
#language
#history
#archaeology
#epigraphy
🏺
#matuww
#Stela of Penna Sant'Andrea. #Teramo, #Italy.
For more information: tinyurl.com/52djz5ek
#writingscripts
#language
#history
#archaeology
#epigraphy
🏺
#matuww
South #Picene is an #Etruscan derived #alphabet used in east central #Italy, in 6-3 c. BCE.
This was used to write the #extinct South Picene #language, which is #Italic and part of the #Sabellic subfamily.
Full page: tinyurl.com/bdund5zx
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#map
#matuww
This was used to write the #extinct South Picene #language, which is #Italic and part of the #Sabellic subfamily.
Full page: tinyurl.com/bdund5zx
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#map
#matuww
January 8, 2026 at 10:32 AM
South #Picene is an #Etruscan derived #alphabet used in east central #Italy, in 6-3 c. BCE.
This was used to write the #extinct South Picene #language, which is #Italic and part of the #Sabellic subfamily.
Full page: tinyurl.com/bdund5zx
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#map
#matuww
This was used to write the #extinct South Picene #language, which is #Italic and part of the #Sabellic subfamily.
Full page: tinyurl.com/bdund5zx
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#map
#matuww
An example of #Venetic writing:
Panel of #Este. c. 6 c. BCE. #Veneto, #Italy.
Bronze #tablet for #teaching to #read.
For more information: tinyurl.com/2ree7smb
#writingscripts
#language
#history
#archaeology
#epigraphy
🏺
#matuww
Panel of #Este. c. 6 c. BCE. #Veneto, #Italy.
Bronze #tablet for #teaching to #read.
For more information: tinyurl.com/2ree7smb
#writingscripts
#language
#history
#archaeology
#epigraphy
🏺
#matuww
January 6, 2026 at 10:33 AM
An example of #Venetic writing:
Panel of #Este. c. 6 c. BCE. #Veneto, #Italy.
Bronze #tablet for #teaching to #read.
For more information: tinyurl.com/2ree7smb
#writingscripts
#language
#history
#archaeology
#epigraphy
🏺
#matuww
Panel of #Este. c. 6 c. BCE. #Veneto, #Italy.
Bronze #tablet for #teaching to #read.
For more information: tinyurl.com/2ree7smb
#writingscripts
#language
#history
#archaeology
#epigraphy
🏺
#matuww
#Venetic is an #Etruscan derived #alphabet used in North-eastern #Italy, in 6-1 c. BCE.
This was used to write the #extinct Venetic #language, which is likely either #Italic or #Celtic.
Full page: tinyurl.com/mpz5td2v
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#map
#matuww
This was used to write the #extinct Venetic #language, which is likely either #Italic or #Celtic.
Full page: tinyurl.com/mpz5td2v
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#map
#matuww
January 6, 2026 at 10:31 AM
#Venetic is an #Etruscan derived #alphabet used in North-eastern #Italy, in 6-1 c. BCE.
This was used to write the #extinct Venetic #language, which is likely either #Italic or #Celtic.
Full page: tinyurl.com/mpz5td2v
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#map
#matuww
This was used to write the #extinct Venetic #language, which is likely either #Italic or #Celtic.
Full page: tinyurl.com/mpz5td2v
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#map
#matuww
An example of #Lepontic writing:
#Stela of #Davesco. 5-4 c. BCE. Davesco, #Ticino, #Switzerland.
For more information: tinyurl.com/bdzcw5ue
#writingscripts
#language
#history
#archaeology
#epigraphy
🏺
#matuww
#Stela of #Davesco. 5-4 c. BCE. Davesco, #Ticino, #Switzerland.
For more information: tinyurl.com/bdzcw5ue
#writingscripts
#language
#history
#archaeology
#epigraphy
🏺
#matuww
January 4, 2026 at 11:46 AM
An example of #Lepontic writing:
#Stela of #Davesco. 5-4 c. BCE. Davesco, #Ticino, #Switzerland.
For more information: tinyurl.com/bdzcw5ue
#writingscripts
#language
#history
#archaeology
#epigraphy
🏺
#matuww
#Stela of #Davesco. 5-4 c. BCE. Davesco, #Ticino, #Switzerland.
For more information: tinyurl.com/bdzcw5ue
#writingscripts
#language
#history
#archaeology
#epigraphy
🏺
#matuww
#Lepontic is an #Etruscan derived #alphabet used in the Southern #Alps, modern day #Switzerland and #Italy, in 6-1 c. BCE.
This was used to write the #extinct Lepontic #language, which is continental #Celtic.
Full page: tinyurl.com/mu3cz7va
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#map
#matuww
This was used to write the #extinct Lepontic #language, which is continental #Celtic.
Full page: tinyurl.com/mu3cz7va
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#map
#matuww
January 4, 2026 at 11:43 AM
#Lepontic is an #Etruscan derived #alphabet used in the Southern #Alps, modern day #Switzerland and #Italy, in 6-1 c. BCE.
This was used to write the #extinct Lepontic #language, which is continental #Celtic.
Full page: tinyurl.com/mu3cz7va
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#map
#matuww
This was used to write the #extinct Lepontic #language, which is continental #Celtic.
Full page: tinyurl.com/mu3cz7va
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#map
#matuww