Matuww Scripts
Matuww is a project involving linguistics, history, and art on the phylogenetic relationships of writing scripts descended from Egyptian hieroglyphs, showing how connected we are as humans.
𓏞 Project link: matuww.com
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- #Umbrian is an #Etruscan derived #alphabet used in central #Italy, in 4-1 c. BCE. This was used to write the #extinct Umbrian #language, which is #Italic and part of the #Sabellic subfamily. Full page: tinyurl.com/2hnscu63 #writingscripts #linguistics #history #map #matuww
- An example of #Umbrian writing: #Tablet 2 of the #Iguvine Tablets. 3 c. BCE - 1 c. BCE. #Gubbio, #Umbria, #Italy. For more information: tinyurl.com/45r25hw8 #writingscripts #language #history #archaeology #epigraphy 🏺 #matuww
- Reposted by Matuww ScriptsOne favourite among runologists is this inscription with ciphered runes mentioning a carver “most rune-skilled west of the sea” kulturarvsdata.se/uu/srdb/9cfa...
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- Reposted by Matuww ScriptsFor all the newcomers interested in book and manuscript history here is a handy starter pack go.bsky.app/AN9pLVoat://did:plc:s5br5iqnzmjvbihs2u7koyjo/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lalqnlhh652q
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- #Oscan is an #Etruscan derived #alphabet used in Southern #Italy, in 4-1 c. BCE. This was used to write the #extinct Oscan #language, which is #Italic and part of the #Sabellic subfamily. Full page: tinyurl.com/ye267ua8 #writingscripts #linguistics #history #map #matuww
- An example of #Oscan writing: #Bronze #tablet. 3 c. BCE - 1 c. BCE. #Agnone, #Molise, #Italy. #Inscriptions concerning the dedication of statues of various #deities. For more information: tinyurl.com/4m3s2rru #writingscripts #language #history #archaeology #epigraphy 🏺 #matuww
- #Camunian is an #Etruscan derived #alphabet used in the Central #Alps, modern day #Italy, in 5 . BCE - 50 CE. This was used to write the #extinct Camunic #language, which is either #Tyrsenian or #Celtic. Full page: tinyurl.com/mvvrkrn9 #writingscripts #linguistics #history #map #matuww
- An example of #Camunian writing: Loc. Zurla, roccia 22. 2 c. BCE - 1 c. BCE. Capo di Ponte, #Val #Camonica, #Italy. For more information: tinyurl.com/ya5knhs9 #writingscripts #language #history #archaeology #epigraphy 🏺 #matuww
- #Rhaetic is an #Etruscan derived #alphabet used in the Eastern #Alps in 5-1 c. BCE. This was used to write the #extinct Rhaetic #language, which is #Tyrsenian and is related to Etruscan. Full page: tinyurl.com/2dx2sph5 #writingscripts #linguistics #history #map #matuww
- An example of #Rhaetic writing: Bronze plaque. 6 - 5 c. BCE. #Ampass, #Tyrol, #Austria. For more information: tinyurl.com/3thnvhp5 #writingscripts #language #history #archaeology #epigraphy 🏺 #matuww
- South #Picene is an #Etruscan derived #alphabet used in east central #Italy, in 6-3 c. BCE. This was used to write the #extinct South Picene #language, which is #Italic and part of the #Sabellic subfamily. Full page: tinyurl.com/bdund5zx #writingscripts #linguistics #history #map #matuww
- An example of South #Picene writing: #Stela of Penna Sant'Andrea. #Teramo, #Italy. For more information: tinyurl.com/52djz5ek #writingscripts #language #history #archaeology #epigraphy 🏺 #matuww
- #Venetic is an #Etruscan derived #alphabet used in North-eastern #Italy, in 6-1 c. BCE. This was used to write the #extinct Venetic #language, which is likely either #Italic or #Celtic. Full page: tinyurl.com/mpz5td2v #writingscripts #linguistics #history #map #matuww
- An example of #Venetic writing: Panel of #Este. c. 6 c. BCE. #Veneto, #Italy. Bronze #tablet for #teaching to #read. For more information: tinyurl.com/2ree7smb #writingscripts #language #history #archaeology #epigraphy 🏺 #matuww
- #Lepontic is an #Etruscan derived #alphabet used in the Southern #Alps, modern day #Switzerland and #Italy, in 6-1 c. BCE. This was used to write the #extinct Lepontic #language, which is continental #Celtic. Full page: tinyurl.com/mu3cz7va #writingscripts #linguistics #history #map #matuww
- An example of #Lepontic writing: #Stela of #Davesco. 5-4 c. BCE. Davesco, #Ticino, #Switzerland. For more information: tinyurl.com/bdzcw5ue #writingscripts #language #history #archaeology #epigraphy 🏺 #matuww
- #Carian #alphabets were written in #Anatolia and #Egypt in 7 - 3 c. BCE. These were also derived from Archaic #Greek. Carian is notable to have symbols that do not quite correlate with its Greek counterparts. Full page: tinyurl.com/4cbmywwv #writingscripts #linguistics #history #map #matuww
- An example of #Carian writing: Limestone stela in the shape of a false door with Carian inscription along the cornice above. For more information: tinyurl.com/bdzy85cn #writingscripts #language #history #archaeology #epigraphy 🏺 #matuww
- Cheeky update for the #Carian page on #matuww: I don't think it's common knowledge for the average person to know where Saqqara ( #Egypt), Kaunos, Milas, and Hyllarimma ( #Anatolia) are, so here is a #map for where these #alphabet variants come from!
- #Faliscan is an #Etruscan derived #alphabet used in central #Italy in 7-2 c. BCE. This was used to write the #extinct Faliscan #language, which is closely related to #Latin. Full page: tinyurl.com/2yerpar5 #writingscripts #linguistics #history #map #matuww
- An example of #Faliscan writing: Spiral #amphora with engraved decoration and inscription in the Faliscan alphabet. 7 c. BCE. Capena, Lazio, Italy. For more information: tinyurl.com/d24rc66p #writingscripts #language #history #archaeology #epigraphy 🏺 #matuww
- #Etruscan was written in central #Italy in 8 - 1 c BCE. The #alphabet was adopted from the #Euboean variant of Archaic #Greek, which was used by Greeks in #Cumae Etruscan developed into multiple Old Italic scripts. Full page: tinyurl.com/4j38tsve #writingscripts #linguistics #history #map #matuww
- Examples of #Etruscan writing: (See Alt for more info) 1. The Marsiliana Tablet. 7 c. BCE. 2. Cippus Perusinus. 3 - 2 c. BCE. For more information: tinyurl.com/4nuxw644 tinyurl.com/455xhejj #writingscripts #language #history #archaeology #epigraphy 🏺 #matuww
- Not #matuww related but something I did for fun when I was a #medical #student: Made handouts to teach how to take a #history from a patient in Middle #Ancient #Egyptian for my med school's #language and #culture soc Likely not 100% correct but that's the best I could do from J P Allen's textbook!
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- Reposted by Matuww ScriptsLabour strikes aren’t new! The first recorded strike in history took place in Egypt some 3,200 years ago! The ‘Strike Papyrus’ records that tomb workers of King Ramesses III downed tools over pay and conditions circa 1157 BC! Museo Egizio, Turin 📷 by me #Archaeology
- Reposted by Matuww ScriptsImagine reading text with no spaces, no punctuation, and all caps! That was ancient Greek scriptio continua (‘continuous script’). Words weren’t visually separated because reading was mostly aloud. Spaces appeared by the 8th–9th century. #linguistics #greek #reading
- A new update on the #Greek script page: We decided to support Juan-José Marcos, who we relied on his work on the #evolution of the Greek script, by registering and including his Greek #Paleography #fonts on the page! Learn more here: tinyurl.com/3rp2r49p #writingscripts #language #educational
- If you are interested in supporting Marcos' work or registering for his #Greek #Paleography fonts: tinyurl.com/469uumby
- Many thanks to my friend Evdoxia, who recorded herself reciting the first two stanzas of "Hymn to Liberty" in #Greek! Very grateful to her for putting her voice behind the writing script. Listen here and learn more about the Greek script: tinyurl.com/3rp2r49p #writingscripts #language
- #Messapic was used in the Salentine Peninsula #Italy in the 6 - 2 c. BCE to write the Messapic #language, possibly related to #Albanian. This #alphabet was also derived from western Archaic #Greek alphabets. Full page: tinyurl.com/u8ymzzkb #writingscripts #linguistics #history #map #matuww
- An example of #Messapic writing: Votive inscription to #Aphrodite on an altar from #Ceglie #Messapica. #Brindisi, #Italy. For more information: tinyurl.com/mrxb7dtr #writingscripts #language #history #archaeology #epigraphy 🏺 #matuww
- #Lydian was used in western #Anatolia in the 8 - 2 c. BCE to write the Lycian #language. This #alphabet was also derived from Archaic #Greek, from the western epichoric group. Full page: tinyurl.com/umr94pb5 #writingscripts #linguistics #history #map #matuww
- An example of #Lydian writing: #Marble #stele. c. 6 c. BCE. #Sardis, #Lydia. This may be a judicial document related to the transfer of goods to the sanctuary of #Artemis. For more information: tinyurl.com/ycmxjzds #writingscripts #language #history #archaeology #epigraphy 🏺 #matuww
- #Lycian was used in southern #Anatolia in the 5 c. BCE - 14 c. CE to write the Lycian #language. This #alphabet was derived from Archaic #Greek, more specifically the western #Doric variety. Full page: tinyurl.com/mr2srb92 #writingscripts #linguistics #history #map #matuww
- An example of #Lycian writing: Southern relief of The #Payava #Tomb. 375 - 362 BCE. #Lycia. For more information: tinyurl.com/yeffmd2b #writingscripts #language #history #archaeology 🏺 #matuww
- The #Iberians adopted the #Ionian variant of the #Greek #alphabet to write their #language. Thus the #Greco-Iberian #script is not immediately directly related to other #Paleohispanic scripts. Full page: tinyurl.com/53ccxxkw #writingscripts #linguistics #history #map #matuww
- An example of #Greco-Iberian writing: Greco-Iberian lead plaque from #Alcoy, #Alicante, #Spain. For more information: tinyurl.com/2s3vwudk #writingscripts #language #history #archaeology 🏺 #matuww
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- Here's a sneak peek of what's next on #matuww! #Greek derived #writingscripts Comparisons are technically on the main page but individual pages will come soon and any previously incorrect information will be updated. Stay tuned. #history #linguistics
- 1/3 A follow-up to investigating the graphical origins of #Armenian, #Georgian, and #Caucasian #Albanian #alphabets - It seems that the numerical values of letters (based on position in alphabet) correspond to #Greek. #matuww #linguistics
- 2/3 However, I am not convinced that the letter forms actually are derived from it, even from its cursive forms, as they differ too greatly, especially when drawing in comparison with other Greek-derived scripts such as #Coptic and #Cyrillic. #matuww #linguistics
- 3/3 I will therefore not include the #Armenian, #Georgian, and #Caucasian #Albanian #alphabets in this project because of this. Time to move on to the other #Greek -derived scripts. #matuww #linguistics
- Final note: There is this innate human instinct to draw connections between unrelated things - #apophenia While satisfying, we must not forget the evidence laid before us to help us make better informed decisions.
- Here's a shoutout to a very helpful resource to building #matuww: #Mnamon - a collection of academic articles on #writing system used in the #Mediterranean It is extremely visually orientated and concise - a good place to start for sure. Link: tinyurl.com/4vd8dc2m #history #linguistics
- New #commission #art joins the #gallery of #matuww! Many thanks to Claud for depicting the southern #Slavs in the #Balkans who are still using #Cyrillc script today! Learn more about the Cyrillic #alphabet here: tinyurl.com/3p92wvs3 Check out Claud here: tinyurl.com/26kk7y5u
- If you like what we do here on #matuww, please consider supporting us on #ko-fi! It helps fund #art #commissions for #portraits to put #faces behind those behind the pen/stylus/brush/hammer and chisel/keyboard while supporting #independent #artists like Claud! Link: tinyurl.com/ueysvkkh
- No posts lately because I'm trying to understand the graphical origins of #Armenian and #Georgian #alphabets. It's not very conclusive and everyone seems to be disagreeing with each other :') Snapshots of papers related. If anyone is knowledgeable in this area please DM! #matuww #linguistics
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- New #commission #art joins the #gallery of #matuww! Many thanks to Claud for depicting the #medieval #Bulgarians who used the Early #Cyrillc script and they still do now! Learn more about the Cyrillic #alphabet here: tinyurl.com/3p92wvs3 #Bulgaria Check out Claud here: tinyurl.com/26kk7y5u
- If you like what we do here on #matuww, please consider supporting us on #ko-fi! It helps fund #art #commissions for #portraits to put #faces behind those behind the pen/stylus/brush/hammer and chisel/keyboard while supporting #independent #artists like Claud! Link: tinyurl.com/ueysvkkh
- Reposted by Matuww Scriptsミイラ作りで臓器を納める「カノプス壺」🏺 蓋の形ごとに守る臓器が決まっている。 小さい頃、祖父と初めて行ったエジプト展で衝撃を受けた一品。見るたびに肝がキュッとしまって、当時の記憶が蘇る🫀 #豊田市博物館 ブルックリン博物館所蔵 特別展 古代エジプト #GENと博物館 #GENとエジプト
- New #commission #art joins the gallery of #matuww! Many thanks to Claud for depicting the #Manchurians who used the #Manchu script! Learn more about the Manchu #alphabet here: matuww.github.io/script_info/...
- If you like what we do here on #matuww, please consider supporting us on #ko-fi! It helps fund #art #commissions for #portraits to put #faces behind those behind the pen/stylus/brush/hammer and chisel/keyboard while supporting #independent #artists like Claud! Link: tinyurl.com/ueysvkkh
