The epichoric alphabet of Syracuse: origins and first testimonies
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https://doi.org/10.1344/AFAM2024.14.4Keywords:
epigraphy, red alphabet, blue alphabet, Sicily, writingAbstract
From the city of Syracuse, a colony of the Dorian Corinth, there are preserved inscriptions from the archaic period that show that the city used a different alphabet from that of its metropolis. In this paper we set out the characteristics of these scriptures and we describe the evolution of Syracusan alphabet from the earliest inscriptions, as well as we analyze the possible reasons why this change took place.
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