property · prop_direct_language_attestation
Direct language attestation
Inscription whose language attribution is supported independently of associated object style.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Research description
The property separates direct epigraphic evidence from ceramics, architecture, personal ornaments, and later ethnonyms.
Evidence and sources
- informs · defines property
Cypriot Syllabary — Stephen Colvin (2007)Provides cautious Greek case.
Locator: Early Greek syllabic evidence - informs · provides example
Kition in the Tenth to Fourth Centuries B.C. — Marguerite Yon, William A. P. Childs (1997)Provides secure Phoenician case.
Locator: Phoenician inscriptions at Kition