Old Italic script

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Old Italic script is an ancient family of writing systems used on the Italian peninsula, from which the Latin alphabet ultimately evolved.

AI illustration

How this image was made

AI-generated illustration of Old Italic script

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of Old Italic script (Old Italic script is an ancient family of writing systems used on the Italian peninsula, from which the Latin alphabet ultimately evolved.)

All labels observed (10)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf alphabetic script ⓘ
ancient script ⓘ
writing system family ⓘ
ancestorOf Latin alphabet ⓘ
derivedFrom Phoenician alphabet ⓘ
hasCategory Brahmic and alphabetic scripts comparison target ⓘ
hasDistinctiveFeature no standardized orthography across all Italic peoples ⓘ
varied letter shapes among regional alphabets ⓘ
hasGlyphRepertoireSize approximately 26 letters (varies by alphabet) ⓘ
hasISO15924Code Ital ⓘ
includes Etruscan alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Old Italic script

Faliscan alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Old Italic script

Lepontic alphabet ⓘ
North Picene alphabet ⓘ
Oscan alphabet ⓘ
Paleo-Latin alphabet ⓘ
Raetic alphabet ⓘ
South Picene alphabet ⓘ
Umbrian alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Old Italic script

Venetic alphabet ⓘ
influenced Runic alphabet ⓘ
region ancient Italy ⓘ
scriptType consonant-vowel alphabet ⓘ
subclassOf Italic scripts ⓘ
timeOfUseEnd c. 1st century BCE ⓘ
timeOfUseStart c. 8th century BCE ⓘ
unicodeBlock Old Italic ⓘ
linked to: Old Italic script
unicodeRange U+10300–U+1032F ⓘ
usedForLanguage Etruscan language ⓘ
Faliscan language ⓘ
Lepontic language ⓘ
Oscan language ⓘ
Paleo-Latin ⓘ
linked to: Latin

Raetic language ⓘ
Umbrian language ⓘ
Venetic language ⓘ
usedForLanguageFamily Italic languages ⓘ
usedIn Italian Peninsula ⓘ
usedInPeriod 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
writingDirection right-to-left ⓘ
writingDirectionVariants right-to-left and boustrophedon in some inscriptions ⓘ
writingMedium ceramic inscriptions ⓘ
metal inscriptions ⓘ
stone inscriptions ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (78)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Latin alphabet → developedFrom → Old Italic script ⓘ
Latin alphabet → developedFrom → Etruscan alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Old Italic script
Old Italic script → includes → Etruscan alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Old Italic script
Old Italic script → includes → Umbrian alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Old Italic script
Old Italic script → includes → Faliscan alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Old Italic script
Old Italic script → unicodeBlock → Old Italic ⓘ
linked to: Old Italic script
Italic languages → writingSystem → Old Italic scripts ⓘ
linked to: Old Italic script
Etruscan language → writingSystem → Old Italic script ⓘ
Phoenician alphabet → ancestorOf → Old Italic scripts ⓘ
linked to: Old Italic script
Venetic language → writingSystem → Old Italic script ⓘ
Oscan language → derivedFrom → Old Italic script ⓘ
Lepontic language → writingSystem → Old Italic script ⓘ
South Picene alphabet → scriptFamily → Old Italic ⓘ
linked to: Old Italic script
Runic alphabet → derivedFrom → Old Italic scripts ⓘ
linked to: Old Italic script
Venetic alphabet → derivedFrom → Old Italic scripts ⓘ
linked to: Old Italic script
Venetic alphabet → scriptFamily → Old Italic ⓘ
linked to: Old Italic script
Oscan alphabet → relatedTo → Old Italic scripts ⓘ
linked to: Old Italic script
Oscan alphabet → scriptFamily → Old Italic ⓘ
linked to: Old Italic script
Oscan alphabet → unicodeBlock → Old Italic ⓘ
linked to: Old Italic script
South Picene → writingSystem → Old Italic script ⓘ
South Picene → writingSystemUnicodeBlock → Old Italic ⓘ
linked to: Old Italic script
Osco-Umbrian languages → writingSystem → Old Italic script ⓘ
Lepontic alphabet → derivedFrom → Old Italic scripts ⓘ
linked to: Old Italic script
Lepontic alphabet → hasCategory → Old Italic scripts ⓘ
linked to: Old Italic script
Gaulish → writingSystem → Old Italic scripts ⓘ
linked to: Old Italic script
Proto-Canaanite script → influenced → Old Italic scripts ⓘ
linked to: Old Italic script
Etruscans → usedAlphabet → Old Italic script ⓘ
Etruscan alphabet → unicodeBlock → Old Italic ⓘ
linked to: Old Italic script
Konkani → writingSystem → Roman script ⓘ
linked to: Old Italic script
Sabellic languages → writingSystem → Old Italic script ⓘ
Cippus Abellanus → writingSystemFamily → Old Italic scripts ⓘ
linked to: Old Italic script
North Italic alphabet → subclassOf → Old Italic scripts ⓘ
linked to: Old Italic script
South Picene language → writingSystem → Old Italic script ⓘ
South Picene language → writingSystemFamily → Old Italic alphabets ⓘ
linked to: Old Italic script
South Picene people → scriptType → Old Italic script ⓘ
Umbrian alphabet → scriptFamily → Old Italic scripts ⓘ
linked to: Old Italic script
Umbrian alphabet → derivedFrom → Old Italic alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Old Italic script
Umbrian alphabet → unicodeBlock → Old Italic ⓘ
linked to: Old Italic script
Hernican language → writingSystem → Old Italic script ⓘ
Paelignian language → writingSystem → Old Italic script ⓘ
Sabellian → writingSystem → Old Italic script ⓘ
Stele of Novilara → writingSystem → Old Italic script ⓘ
Volsci → writingSystem → Old Italic script ⓘ
Veneti → writingSystem → Old Italic script ⓘ
Falisci → writingSystem → Old Italic script ⓘ
Umbrians → writingSystem → Old Italic script ⓘ
North Picene language → writingSystem → Old Italic script ⓘ
North Picene language → scriptFamily → Old Italic scripts ⓘ
linked to: Old Italic script
Supplementary Multilingual Plane → contains → Old Italic block ⓘ
linked to: Old Italic script
Faliscan → writingSystem → Old Italic script ⓘ