February
20
/ 2024
A stunningly rare artifact found at an Iron Age site in Spain contains an example of the equally rare ancient Vasconic script. Dating to the first century BC, the artifact in question is a flattened bronze hand inscribed with a written inscription traced to the mostly extinct Vasconic language family, a pre-European fixture on the Iberian Peninsula. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"115924","attributes":{"alt":"Aerial photograph of the site of Irulegi with the excavation site where the bronze hand inscribed in Vasconic script was unearthed in the background. (Aiestaran, M. et. al / Antiquity Publications Ltd)","class":"media-image","height":"458","style":"width: 610px; height: 458px;","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"610"}}]] Aerial photograph of the site of Irulegi with the excavation site where the bronze hand inscribed in Vasconic script was unearthed in the background. (Aiestaran, M. et. al
