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	Messapian language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Messapian (also known as Messapic) is an extinct Indo-European language of South-eastern Italy, once spoken in the regions of Apulia and Calabria.
		For this Messapic inscription, a translation is given from Cornell University:
		Zis may be the Messapic Zeus, as in the preceding inscription.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Messapic (1160 words)

	Messapic language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Messapic was spoken by Illyrian tribes who crossed the Adriatic and settled in Italy, from the 8th to the 1st century BC, until Rome conquered this territory and Latin colonists assimilated aboriginal languages.
		Messapic phonetics includes the transition of Indo-European a, e, o to e, a - the same way as in Illyrian.
		Messapic used 5 cases (nominative, genitive, dative, accusative and instrumental).
	indoeuro.bizland.com /tree/balk/messapic.html (165 words)

	Messapic language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Messapic was discovered in South-Eastern Italy, where about 350 inscriptions were found.
		Messapic was spoken by Illyrian tribes (Yapodes, Yapiges etc.) from the 8th to the 1st century BC, until Rome conquered this territory and Latin colonists assimilated aboriginal languages.
		Messapic used 5 cases (nominative, genitive, dative, accusative and instrumental), some forms of perfect, aorist and optative mood were discovered.
	members.tripod.com /babaev/tree/messapic.html (164 words)

	Archaic Italy : The Messapians and Greeks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Still later a migration from Illyria is thought to have brought the Messapic language to Apulia in the seventh century.
		From Borgo Nuovo is an eight-century cache of votive deposits exhibiting the transition from the Torre Castelluccia Ware to the seventh century Messapic wares.
		In the grotto of Poesia Piccolo a Roca are found inscriptions dating from the eight to the second centuries, written in Messapic, Greek, and Latin.
	www.societasviaromana.org /Collegium_Historicum/messapians.php?lang=ne (1283 words)

	southeast Italy
		The language of the region - conventionally known as Messapic - is found from the Tavoliere and Gargano regions in the north down to the Salentine peninsular, and as far west as the Greek settlement of Tarentum.
		Messapic continues to be used for funerary and monumental inscriptions until the 1st century BC, but in much smaller numbers.
		The majority of Messapic inscriptions are from votive or funerary contexts and occur on tombstones (both from inside the tomb and on cippi designed to mark the tomb above ground) and a variety of votives.
	www.ucl.ac.uk /ancient-literacy/project-case2.htm (637 words)

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		Most of the showcases documents the material culture of the Messapic Age (VI-IV B.C.), relatively to the urban area and to that of the two Apulian villages, of "Muro Tenente" (Scamnum) and "Muro Maurizio" (Graxa), included within the precincts of the town.
		Of remarkable importance is the inscription dedicated to Diovei Mourgo (Jupiter of Hills); coming from "Muro Maurizio" and datable to the end of the II century B.C., it proves the insertion of the cult of Jupiter in the Messapic tradition.
		There are, besides, some fragments of Messapic and Greek inscriptions and many grindstones of Messapic Age.
	web.tiscali.it /logos-wolit/musei/cities/mesagne/encivicoa.html (375 words)

	TOUR ITINERARIES in Ugento, Italy's Apulia - Italian Holidays in Apulia: holiday farm, bed and breakfast (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Ugento boasts a long and interesting history: it was an important Messapic town as the numerous archaeological finds discovered in this area and the strong and long walls (5 km) confirm.
		It probably dates back to the 10th century and underwent various readaptations; it has the shape of an irregular trapezium with towers in the corners, inside there are wonderful halls completely frescoed.
		In the historic centre the architectural motif of the arch is largely used.
	www.salentoviaggi.com /ugentoENG.htm (336 words)

	Old Italic alphabets
		The Messapic alphabet is thought to have derived directly from the Greek alphabet, rather than developing from the Etruscan alphabet.
		The only known inscriptions in the Messapic alphabet date from the 2nd and 1st centuries BC.
		The Messapic language was not related to other languages of Italy, instead it is thought to have been a member of the extinct Illyrian family of languages.
	www.omniglot.com /writing/olditalic.htm (438 words)

	Etruscan_alphabet
		Cumaean, in turn showed strong similarities to the Phoenician alphabet, lending support to theories of Phoenician influence in the West-Central Mediterranean region.
		Various Indo-European languages belonging to the Italic branch (Faliscan and members of the Sabellian group, including Oscan, Umbrian, and South Picene, and other Indo-European branches such as Venetic and Messapic) originally used the alphabet.
		Faliscan, Oscan, Umbrian, North Picene, and South Picene all derive from an Etruscan form of the alphabet.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/e/et/etruscan_alphabet.html (847 words)

	Thesmophoria and mystery cults among the Messapians at Monte Papalucio (Oria, Brindisi, Southern Italy)
		Thus, the motive of the cross-torch, appearing on pottery shreds from Monte Papalucio, might even beckon (or be related to) the presence of specific ceremonial re-enactments, equivalent to those of Eleusis, during the secret performance of the Mysteries at the sanctuary.
		In a representation of Ulysses' myth, found on a Messapic fl-figure Hydria from Monte Papalucio, D'Andria (1990: 265) raises the possibility that Circe - who has seemingly already operated the transformation into animals of the hero's peers - is shown in the act of offering a small object, containing the kykeon.
		This eventuality, if proved, is certainly adding support to the idea that the beverage contained intoxicating ingredients, and might therefore have played a specific role in the mimetic rituals eventually performed during the celebrations of the Mysteries in the sanctuary, either in the indigenous and/or the Greek context.
	www.ayahuasca-shamanism.co.uk /mysteries.htm (3262 words)

	Messapian language - WikiGadugi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Messapian (nasgi nasque unanvdv tsinusdi Messapic) gesvi akalisisodi Indo-European gawonihisdi uganawu-kalvgviditlv Italy, saquu iyuwagudi unetsvgi hawinaditlv hia utanidi gadohi Apulia ale Calabria.
		gayoli iyuno nigalisdisgvgu Messapic gowelv uha wuwedoi udohiyu deciphered.
		nasginai gohi Messapic gowelv, anetlvtanvhi gesvi adanelv nidvlenvda Cornell dideloquasdi:
	chrp.wikigadugi.org /wiki/Messapic (1114 words)

	Ionic Coast
		It was Vereto harbour, ancient messapic town destroyed during the IX century.
		After 5 Km there is Ugento, ancient messapic town, with still some parts of the ancient walls.
		It is the seat of a Civic Museum that has many objects of the past.
	www.nelsalento.com /en/art_000004eXX0001.html (465 words)

	Iron - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Even if this is not the case, the word is likely a loan into pre-Proto-Germanic from Celtic or Italic (Krahe IF 46:184f.
		compares Old Irish, Illyrian, Venetic and Messapic forms).
		The meteoric origin of Iron in its first use by humans is also alluded to in the Quran : "and We sent down Iron, in which is (material for) mighty war, as well as many benefits for mankind" (57:25).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Iron (3403 words)

	MUSEI ONLINE - RISULTATO RICERCA MUSEO - (English) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Housed in an 18th-century building in town centre, the museum displays Messapic finds from the area of Mesagne.
		The Lapidarium houses Latin inscriptions, inscribed grave stones and a number of Messapic grindstones.
		There is also an interesting collection of Greek coins struck in the mints of Taranto, Metaponto, Sibari and Crotone, Roman and Medieval coins and a semi-chamber tomb dating to 250 BC provided with furnishings.
	www.museionline.it /eng/cerca/museo.asp?id=3156 (85 words)

	South East Europe history - language tree
		Messapic was originally an Illyrian dialect, with some similarities to the neighbouring Italic language of Oscan.
		Messapic existed until the region was conquered by Rome.
		The Veneti tribes lived in north-eastern Italy, and adjacent regions of Slovenia and Austria.
	www.eliznik.org.uk /EastEurope/History/language_tree.htm (629 words)

	Languages spoken or associated with Illyria - www.ezboard.com
		Those of Illyrians who crossed the Adriatic and settled in Italy spoke the Messapic language.
		The Greeks established cities on the Adriatic coast of Illyria in the 7th and 6th centuries B.C., and in the 4th and 3rd, Macedonian kings conquered parts of the land.
		Messapic was in fact a branch of Illyrian in Italy; other close tongues were Venetic, Italic, Celtic, long contacts with Thracian also led to significant mutual influence.
	pub18.ezboard.com /fbalkansillyriaforum.showMessage?topicID=335.topic (4215 words)

	E. Hamp - The Position of Albanian
		We will deal separately with the Messapic problem, partly because I have dealt with it before (Studies Presented to Joshua Whatmough 73-89 [The Hague, 1957]) and wish here to revise my statement of the problem, partly because we should not too lightly lump Illyrian and Messapic together.
		This is not to exclude a fresh proof, when Illyrian may in the future become better specified; it is only that no such demonstration has been made up to now.
		On his page 13 he states that it is possible that Illyrian names may be clarified on the basis of our knowledge of Messapic; but the reverse is methodologically unsound.
	members.tripod.com /~Groznijat/balkan/ehamp.html (8396 words)

	VILLA ELISABETTA - BED AND BREAKFAST PUGLIA
		It is an ancient messapic centre in the far south of Salento.
		In the town museum we can admire some historical Roman and Messapic findings.
		Ugento is the ideal place where you can contemplate the enchanting show of the sunset on the Ionian Sea.
	www.villaelisabetta.it /inglese/dintorni/ugento.aspx (145 words)

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		Bones of pre-historic animals can be seen in the Paleontology Museum in Maglie.
		the Messapic Period (8th century B.C.- 2nd century B.C.)
		The archaeological site of Vaste and the faithful reconstruction of a Messapic hut, the walls, the Museum housed in the baronial palace.
	www.rairo.it /turismo/itinerari/storia_en.html (665 words)

	IELan8 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Another Indo-European language, Venetic, is seen by some as Italic, but by others as Germanic, and yet others see it as an independent Indo-European subgroup.
		A language of the southern peninsula attested to in inscriptions from the sixth to the first centuries BCE, Messapic, is Indo-European but apparently not Italic.
		North of the Messapic area are inscriptions, some as early as the seventh century BCE, in a language called Picene.
	www.unlv.edu /faculty/jmstitt/Eng480/IndoEuropean/IEL8/IEL8.html (293 words)

	Lecce
		Alternate historic events saw it a dominated city in the Byzantine period and a protagonist during the Normans and the Angevins.
		To visit also are: the Castle which Charles V ordered built and the Provincial Museum of S. Castromediano, rich in archaeological finds and a precious Pinacoteca.
		One can conclude a visit to Lecce outside the city walls near to the Rudiae excavations, Messapic city and then Roman Municipality.
	www.italia-doc.it /lecceen.htm (305 words)

	ALPHABETUM UNICODE. Font for ancient scripts
		A multilingual Unicode font (TTF, TrueType font) for ancient languages: classic and medieval Latin, ancient Greek, Old Italic - Etruscan, Oscan, Umbrian, Faliscan, Messapic, Picene - Gothic, Iberian, Celtiberian, old and middle English, Hebrew, Sanskrit, Runic, Ogham,
		The Alphabetum Unicode font is the result of a personal interest dating back many years in the problems faced by classicists who need special characters to type ancient languages.
		Please revisit this page from time to time for updates.
	guindo.cnice.mecd.es /~jmag0042/alphaeng.html (2160 words)

	Bed & Breakfast Lecce: Sigismondo Castromediano B&B - Hostels Central
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		Near the historic centre of the city, very frequently bus;we are just 800 metres far from the highway to Gallipoli, Otranto and Santa Maria di Leuca; 1 km far from the Museum 'Diffuso' of Cavallino, very important Messapic centre of Salento.
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	www.hostelscentral.com /structure-3166.html (187 words)

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