Lexicon Leponticum
@lexiconleponticum.bsky.social
Weekly threads about Iron Age Celtic inscriptions in and south of the Alps. Visit the digital edition Lexicon Leponticum (http://lexlep.univie.ac.at) for more info on the Cisalpine Celts.
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Cisalpine Celtic literacy
Dr Corinna Salomon (Vienna) is an expert on ancient, pre-Roman writing systems in northern Italy (e.g., www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLwT...). She investigated the origin of the runes and contributed to Thesaurus Inscriptionum Raeticarum (tir.univie.ac.at/wiki/).
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Cisalpine Celtic literacy
Dr Corinna Salomon (Vienna) is an expert on ancient, pre-Roman writing systems in northern Italy (e.g., www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLwT...). She investigated the origin of the runes and contributed to Thesaurus Inscriptionum Raeticarum (tir.univie.ac.at/wiki/).
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December 20, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Cisalpine Celtic literacy
Dr Corinna Salomon (Vienna) is an expert on ancient, pre-Roman writing systems in northern Italy (e.g., www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLwT...). She investigated the origin of the runes and contributed to Thesaurus Inscriptionum Raeticarum (tir.univie.ac.at/wiki/).
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Cisalpine Celtic literacy
Dr Corinna Salomon (Vienna) is an expert on ancient, pre-Roman writing systems in northern Italy (e.g., www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLwT...). She investigated the origin of the runes and contributed to Thesaurus Inscriptionum Raeticarum (tir.univie.ac.at/wiki/).
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Al #ICHB1 vaig presentar amb @eduordunaaznar noves evidències que donen suport a que els numerals ibèrics tenen el valor que es deriva de la seva similitud amb els bascos, afegint proves per a abaŕ (10) i bi (2), cosa que fa que ja tinguem proves per a 7 dels 11 numerals.
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December 13, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Al #ICHB1 vaig presentar amb @eduordunaaznar noves evidències que donen suport a que els numerals ibèrics tenen el valor que es deriva de la seva similitud amb els bascos, afegint proves per a abaŕ (10) i bi (2), cosa que fa que ja tinguem proves per a 7 dels 11 numerals.
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OG(H)AM
The next major international project, short title OG(H)AM, resulted directly from the Digital Gaelic project, again jointly funded by @ukri.org and the IRC (@researchireland.ie). Starting from a collaboration between Dr Nora White (Maynooth) and Prof Katherine Forsyth (Glasgow),…
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OG(H)AM
The next major international project, short title OG(H)AM, resulted directly from the Digital Gaelic project, again jointly funded by @ukri.org and the IRC (@researchireland.ie). Starting from a collaboration between Dr Nora White (Maynooth) and Prof Katherine Forsyth (Glasgow),…
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December 13, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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OG(H)AM
The next major international project, short title OG(H)AM, resulted directly from the Digital Gaelic project, again jointly funded by @ukri.org and the IRC (@researchireland.ie). Starting from a collaboration between Dr Nora White (Maynooth) and Prof Katherine Forsyth (Glasgow),…
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OG(H)AM
The next major international project, short title OG(H)AM, resulted directly from the Digital Gaelic project, again jointly funded by @ukri.org and the IRC (@researchireland.ie). Starting from a collaboration between Dr Nora White (Maynooth) and Prof Katherine Forsyth (Glasgow),…
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Ancient Celtic languages
The Maynooth Department of Early Irish is not only known for its academic expertise in the cultural heritage of medieval Ireland. My other huge interest for more than 30 years has been the ancient Celtic languages of the Continent (Lepontic, Gaulish, Celtiberian).
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Ancient Celtic languages
The Maynooth Department of Early Irish is not only known for its academic expertise in the cultural heritage of medieval Ireland. My other huge interest for more than 30 years has been the ancient Celtic languages of the Continent (Lepontic, Gaulish, Celtiberian).
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December 12, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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Ancient Celtic languages
The Maynooth Department of Early Irish is not only known for its academic expertise in the cultural heritage of medieval Ireland. My other huge interest for more than 30 years has been the ancient Celtic languages of the Continent (Lepontic, Gaulish, Celtiberian).
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Ancient Celtic languages
The Maynooth Department of Early Irish is not only known for its academic expertise in the cultural heritage of medieval Ireland. My other huge interest for more than 30 years has been the ancient Celtic languages of the Continent (Lepontic, Gaulish, Celtiberian).
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A year ago I wrote about a bilingual runic stick from medieval Oslo in a short thread here: bsky.app/profile/kris...
Now you can read more about this find and several others from the medieval park in Oslo in our article.
Now you can read more about this find and several others from the medieval park in Oslo in our article.
Read about new runic finds from Oslo in the latest Maal og Minne! Co-authored with @kristelzilmer.bsky.social!
ojs.novus.no/index.php/MO...
ojs.novus.no/index.php/MO...
New runic finds from medieval Oslo
| Maal og Minne
ojs.novus.no
December 10, 2025 at 10:18 AM
A year ago I wrote about a bilingual runic stick from medieval Oslo in a short thread here: bsky.app/profile/kris...
Now you can read more about this find and several others from the medieval park in Oslo in our article.
Now you can read more about this find and several others from the medieval park in Oslo in our article.
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La setmana que ve, Eduardo Orduña i jo presentarem una comunicació sobre els numerals ibèrics i la seva contribució a la reconstrucció del protobasc al First International Conference on the History of Basque (#ICHB1) a Vitoria (25-27/11). Programa i resums:👇https://sites.google.com/view/ichb1/home
November 19, 2025 at 7:52 AM
La setmana que ve, Eduardo Orduña i jo presentarem una comunicació sobre els numerals ibèrics i la seva contribució a la reconstrucció del protobasc al First International Conference on the History of Basque (#ICHB1) a Vitoria (25-27/11). Programa i resums:👇https://sites.google.com/view/ichb1/home
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Samhain night is upon us, and yours truly has been interviewed about it (as if I were an expert) for an article in the Austrian newspaper @derstandard.at. The article even mentions samoni, the Gaulish cognate of Samhain.
www.derstandard.at/story/310000...
Herzlichen Dank, Reinhard Kleindl.
www.derstandard.at/story/310000...
Herzlichen Dank, Reinhard Kleindl.
October 31, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Samhain night is upon us, and yours truly has been interviewed about it (as if I were an expert) for an article in the Austrian newspaper @derstandard.at. The article even mentions samoni, the Gaulish cognate of Samhain.
www.derstandard.at/story/310000...
Herzlichen Dank, Reinhard Kleindl.
www.derstandard.at/story/310000...
Herzlichen Dank, Reinhard Kleindl.
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📰 Whilst searching for the remains of a 400-year-old castle at Derrygonnelly, Northern Ireland, archaeologists have discovered a "mind-blowing" 8,000-year-old Mesolithic settlement!
🏺 #ArchaeologyNews via the BBC
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
🏺 #ArchaeologyNews via the BBC
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Derrygonnelly : 'Mind-blowing' discovery of 8,000-year-old settlement
A QUB team was hoping to find the ruins of a castle, but they discovered artefacts dating back to the Mesolithic period.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
📰 Whilst searching for the remains of a 400-year-old castle at Derrygonnelly, Northern Ireland, archaeologists have discovered a "mind-blowing" 8,000-year-old Mesolithic settlement!
🏺 #ArchaeologyNews via the BBC
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
🏺 #ArchaeologyNews via the BBC
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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A stunning 2,000 year-old Roman blue glass amphoriskos.
📷 Getty Museum www.getty.edu/art/collecti...
#Archaeology
📷 Getty Museum www.getty.edu/art/collecti...
#Archaeology
October 13, 2025 at 6:34 PM
A stunning 2,000 year-old Roman blue glass amphoriskos.
📷 Getty Museum www.getty.edu/art/collecti...
#Archaeology
📷 Getty Museum www.getty.edu/art/collecti...
#Archaeology
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Great publication news!
The volume "Écrire sur la pierre en langue gauloise", edited by Dr Coline Ruiz Darasse (Université Bordeaux Montaigne @ubmontaigne.bsky.social), has appeared. It contains my first article in French "La phonologie et la graphie en alphabet grec".
The volume "Écrire sur la pierre en langue gauloise", edited by Dr Coline Ruiz Darasse (Université Bordeaux Montaigne @ubmontaigne.bsky.social), has appeared. It contains my first article in French "La phonologie et la graphie en alphabet grec".
September 23, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Great publication news!
The volume "Écrire sur la pierre en langue gauloise", edited by Dr Coline Ruiz Darasse (Université Bordeaux Montaigne @ubmontaigne.bsky.social), has appeared. It contains my first article in French "La phonologie et la graphie en alphabet grec".
The volume "Écrire sur la pierre en langue gauloise", edited by Dr Coline Ruiz Darasse (Université Bordeaux Montaigne @ubmontaigne.bsky.social), has appeared. It contains my first article in French "La phonologie et la graphie en alphabet grec".
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#FindsFriday: A #Roman amber flask, from Aquileia, dating 1st/2nd c. AD.
Aquileia's position at the end of a main amber trade route resulted in its becoming a centre for the carving and distribution of Baltic amber across the Roman Empire.
📷: Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Aquileia
Aquileia's position at the end of a main amber trade route resulted in its becoming a centre for the carving and distribution of Baltic amber across the Roman Empire.
📷: Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Aquileia
September 19, 2025 at 9:25 AM
#FindsFriday: A #Roman amber flask, from Aquileia, dating 1st/2nd c. AD.
Aquileia's position at the end of a main amber trade route resulted in its becoming a centre for the carving and distribution of Baltic amber across the Roman Empire.
📷: Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Aquileia
Aquileia's position at the end of a main amber trade route resulted in its becoming a centre for the carving and distribution of Baltic amber across the Roman Empire.
📷: Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Aquileia
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Turning up like a bad penny, I made another appearance on @norsebysw.bsky.social's channel, in which Jackson graciously gives me the space and questions to unpack ideas and info in 'Why Q Needs U'!
Also watch me struggle to accept his very nice words about the book.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQMo...
Also watch me struggle to accept his very nice words about the book.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQMo...
Why Q Needs U: Danny Bate's new book on the history of the alphabet
YouTube video by Jackson Crawford
www.youtube.com
September 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Turning up like a bad penny, I made another appearance on @norsebysw.bsky.social's channel, in which Jackson graciously gives me the space and questions to unpack ideas and info in 'Why Q Needs U'!
Also watch me struggle to accept his very nice words about the book.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQMo...
Also watch me struggle to accept his very nice words about the book.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQMo...
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Breaking news: The new, revised, updated Ogham in 3D website is now live:
ogham.celt.dias.ie
Choose "inscriptions" in the menu.
ogham.celt.dias.ie
Choose "inscriptions" in the menu.
Ogham
ogham.celt.dias.ie
September 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Breaking news: The new, revised, updated Ogham in 3D website is now live:
ogham.celt.dias.ie
Choose "inscriptions" in the menu.
ogham.celt.dias.ie
Choose "inscriptions" in the menu.
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The series of positive news doesn't seem to end today. @bernhardbaver.bsky.social (©📷) informs me that he discovered another brand-new book at the European Celtic Congress in Bonn:
Cisalpine Celtic Literacy
edited by Corinna Salomon @lexiconleponticum.bsky.social and myself.
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Cisalpine Celtic Literacy
edited by Corinna Salomon @lexiconleponticum.bsky.social and myself.
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August 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The series of positive news doesn't seem to end today. @bernhardbaver.bsky.social (©📷) informs me that he discovered another brand-new book at the European Celtic Congress in Bonn:
Cisalpine Celtic Literacy
edited by Corinna Salomon @lexiconleponticum.bsky.social and myself.
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Cisalpine Celtic Literacy
edited by Corinna Salomon @lexiconleponticum.bsky.social and myself.
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Dazzling 2,000 year-old Roman bowl made of translucent amber-coloured glass.
Like a bowl full of sunshine! ☀️
Fabulous example of the skill of ancient glassmakers!
British Museum 📷 by me
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
#Archaeology
Like a bowl full of sunshine! ☀️
Fabulous example of the skill of ancient glassmakers!
British Museum 📷 by me
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
#Archaeology
August 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Dazzling 2,000 year-old Roman bowl made of translucent amber-coloured glass.
Like a bowl full of sunshine! ☀️
Fabulous example of the skill of ancient glassmakers!
British Museum 📷 by me
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
#Archaeology
Like a bowl full of sunshine! ☀️
Fabulous example of the skill of ancient glassmakers!
British Museum 📷 by me
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
#Archaeology
🏺 The two names ⟨oletu⟩ Ol(l)edū and ⟨amaśilu⟩ Amaśillū are inscribed on the shoulder of a well-preserved flask from the Ornavasso necropolis (Piemonte), dated to 100–50 BC. Both names are etymologically Celtic – Ol(l)edū maybe from ollo- 'great', Amaśillū possibly amb(i)-ađ-illo- (meaning unclear).
August 5, 2025 at 8:18 AM
🏺 The two names ⟨oletu⟩ Ol(l)edū and ⟨amaśilu⟩ Amaśillū are inscribed on the shoulder of a well-preserved flask from the Ornavasso necropolis (Piemonte), dated to 100–50 BC. Both names are etymologically Celtic – Ol(l)edū maybe from ollo- 'great', Amaśillū possibly amb(i)-ađ-illo- (meaning unclear).
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A special class today in my Ancient Celtic course at the Leiden Summer School. Instead of a lecturing hall, we were welcomed in the sacred halls of the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (Antiquities Museum @rmoudheden.bsky.social) where the students were allowed to view the Lepontic inscription TI·6.
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July 31, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A special class today in my Ancient Celtic course at the Leiden Summer School. Instead of a lecturing hall, we were welcomed in the sacred halls of the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (Antiquities Museum @rmoudheden.bsky.social) where the students were allowed to view the Lepontic inscription TI·6.
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🏺 This pretty terra sigillata cup from the Giubiasco necropolis (Ticino), dated to 25–50 AD, is inscribed with the sequence ⟨atiss⟩ in the Latin alphabet. This is likely an abbreviation of a Celtic personal name like CIL XIII 7553 atisso, RIG M-56 atisios, though it is not quite clear ...
July 16, 2025 at 8:04 AM
🏺 This pretty terra sigillata cup from the Giubiasco necropolis (Ticino), dated to 25–50 AD, is inscribed with the sequence ⟨atiss⟩ in the Latin alphabet. This is likely an abbreviation of a Celtic personal name like CIL XIII 7553 atisso, RIG M-56 atisios, though it is not quite clear ...
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Major Celtic Settlement Discovered in Czech Republic.
archaeology.org/news/2025/07...
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News - Major Celtic Settlement Discovered in Czech Republic - Archaeology Magazine
HRADEC KRÁLOVÉ, CZECH REPUBLIC—Prior to construction of a highway through eastern Bohemia, archaeologists unearthed a […]
archaeology.org
July 11, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Major Celtic Settlement Discovered in Czech Republic.
archaeology.org/news/2025/07...
archaeology.org/news/2025/07...
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🚨 NEW podcast episode out now! 🎙️ "Mind, Language and Law in Medieval Ireland" with Dr Viktoriia Krivoshchekova, an O’Donovan postdoctoral scholar in the School of Celtic Studies. 🎧 Watch on YouTube + listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or on browser: www.dias.ie/series/ni-ha... ✨
July 11, 2025 at 7:45 AM
🚨 NEW podcast episode out now! 🎙️ "Mind, Language and Law in Medieval Ireland" with Dr Viktoriia Krivoshchekova, an O’Donovan postdoctoral scholar in the School of Celtic Studies. 🎧 Watch on YouTube + listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or on browser: www.dias.ie/series/ni-ha... ✨
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Just published "Foundational approaches to Celtic linguistics" edited by Andrew Carnie, Diane Ohala, Dee Hunter, Samantha Prins, Mike Hammond & Luis A. Irizarry #openaccess #cicl langsci-press.org/catalog/book...
July 10, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Just published "Foundational approaches to Celtic linguistics" edited by Andrew Carnie, Diane Ohala, Dee Hunter, Samantha Prins, Mike Hammond & Luis A. Irizarry #openaccess #cicl langsci-press.org/catalog/book...
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'Quoth', although archaic, is better known nowadays than its present-tense counterpart: 'queath'.
The two go back to Old English cweþan 'to say'. From this, Old English derived becweþan 'to assert'.
While obsolete on its own, you can still find 'queath' in the modern form of becweþan: 'bequeath'.
The two go back to Old English cweþan 'to say'. From this, Old English derived becweþan 'to assert'.
While obsolete on its own, you can still find 'queath' in the modern form of becweþan: 'bequeath'.
July 10, 2025 at 11:26 AM
'Quoth', although archaic, is better known nowadays than its present-tense counterpart: 'queath'.
The two go back to Old English cweþan 'to say'. From this, Old English derived becweþan 'to assert'.
While obsolete on its own, you can still find 'queath' in the modern form of becweþan: 'bequeath'.
The two go back to Old English cweþan 'to say'. From this, Old English derived becweþan 'to assert'.
While obsolete on its own, you can still find 'queath' in the modern form of becweþan: 'bequeath'.
🏺 The name ⟨rupelos⟩ or ⟨runelos⟩ is inscribed in the Lepontic alphabet on the shoulder of a pot from the Giubiasco necropolis (CH), dated to the late 2nd or 1st c. BC. The third letter features a short vertical scratch which may not be intentional, so that it could be pi or nu. In either case, ...
July 1, 2025 at 12:53 PM
🏺 The name ⟨rupelos⟩ or ⟨runelos⟩ is inscribed in the Lepontic alphabet on the shoulder of a pot from the Giubiasco necropolis (CH), dated to the late 2nd or 1st c. BC. The third letter features a short vertical scratch which may not be intentional, so that it could be pi or nu. In either case, ...
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Something lovely for the weekend! 🩵
A stunning 2,000 year old Roman bowl made of translucent blue-green mosaic glass.
Looks like it contains the turquoise blue waters of the Mediterranean Sea! 🌊
Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart 📷 by me
#Archaeology
A stunning 2,000 year old Roman bowl made of translucent blue-green mosaic glass.
Looks like it contains the turquoise blue waters of the Mediterranean Sea! 🌊
Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart 📷 by me
#Archaeology
June 28, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Something lovely for the weekend! 🩵
A stunning 2,000 year old Roman bowl made of translucent blue-green mosaic glass.
Looks like it contains the turquoise blue waters of the Mediterranean Sea! 🌊
Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart 📷 by me
#Archaeology
A stunning 2,000 year old Roman bowl made of translucent blue-green mosaic glass.
Looks like it contains the turquoise blue waters of the Mediterranean Sea! 🌊
Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart 📷 by me
#Archaeology
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A Runestone That May Be North America’s Oldest Turns Up in a Canada Forest www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/w...
A Runestone That May Be North America’s Oldest Turns Up in a Canada Forest
www.nytimes.com
June 28, 2025 at 6:57 AM
A Runestone That May Be North America’s Oldest Turns Up in a Canada Forest www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/w...