Lepontic Celts

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The Lepontic Celts were an ancient Celtic people of the Alpine region, known from early inscriptions and archaeological remains in what is now northern Italy and southern Switzerland.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Celts of Cisalpine Gaul 1
Lepontic Celts canonical 1
Raetians 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Celtic people
ancient people
archaeologicalCulturePhase Golasecca II
Golasecca III
archaeologicalSite Lugano
Ornavasso
Sesto Calende
associatedWith Celtic epigraphy
Golasecca culture
culturalSphere La Tène horizon
linked to: La Tène culture
culture Celtic culture
earliestAttestation early 1st millennium BCE
ethnicGroupOf Alpine region
evidenceType grave goods
inscriptions on metal objects
inscriptions on stone
inhabitedRegion Lombardy
Piedmont
Ticino
linked to: Canton of Ticino

Valais
integratedInto Roman Empire
knownFrom archaeological remains
epigraphic evidence
languageFamily Celtic languages
languageStatus extinct language community
locatedIn Central Alps
Northern Italy
Southern Switzerland
neighbouringPeople Etruscans
Insubres
Ligurians
Raetians
linked to: Raetic people
partOf Continental Celts
linked to: Celtic tribes
regionNamedAfter Lepontine Alps
religion Celtic polytheism
spoke Lepontic language
subgroupOf Cisalpine Gauls
linked to: Cisalpine Gaul
timePeriod 1st millennium BCE
Iron Age
usedScript Cisalpine Celtic alphabet
linked to: Lepontic alphabet

Lepontic alphabet
writingSystemOrigin derived from Etruscan script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Lepontic alphabet usedBy Lepontic Celts
Veneti people neighbor Raetians
linked to: Lepontic Celts
ancient Italy inhabitedBy Celts of Cisalpine Gaul
linked to: Lepontic Celts