Work / monument · artifact

Novilara stele

c. 6th century BCE · 6th century BCE

The Novilara stele is an inscribed sandstone slab found in the 19th century at Novilara, near Pesaro in the northern Marche, Italy. Its text, written in a variant of the Etruscan-derived alphabet, is in a language known as North Picene, which remains undeciphered and may not be Indo-European. The stele is also carved with scenes of ships, warriors and animals.

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Novilara stele. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/novilara-stele
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