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Text scratched into metal written in British Celtic.

Text scratched into metal written in British Celtic. The only known surviving words written in British Celtic anywhere. Untranslatable, but written in the Roman alphabet. Possibly a complaint, as is written in the same style as many of the "curses" found in the Roman Baths. Circa 1st-3rd century AD.
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Title:
Text scratched into metal written in British Celtic.
Caption:
Text scratched into metal written in British Celtic. The only known surviving words written in British Celtic anywhere. Untranslatable, but written in the Roman alphabet. Possibly a complaint, as is written in the same style as many of the "curses" found in the Roman Baths. Circa 1st-3rd century AD.
Credit:
Album / World History Archive
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Image size:
4650 x 3758 px | 50.0 MB
Print size:
39.4 x 31.8 cm | 15.5 x 12.5 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
BATH • BATHS • BRITISH CELTIC • CELTIC • COMPLAINT • CURSE • FORGOTTEN • HERITAGE • LANGUAGE • LOST • MALEDICTION • OBLIVION • RARE • RARITY • ROMAN • ROME • SCRATCH • SPELL • TRANSLATE • TRANSLATION