Iberian Script
OriginSpain
Earliest500 BC
TypeUndeciphered
About Iberian Script
A semi-syllabic script of ancient Iberia, adapted from Phoenician and Greek models. Two main variants, northeastern and southeastern. The signs can be sounded out, but the Iberian language is extinct and unrelated to any known language family. Hundreds of inscriptions on lead, stone, and pottery survive. One of the great puzzles of European prehistory.
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