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1. Italic Script

   Linked via "Oscan p-shift"

   The Archaic Phase (c. 700–400 BCE)
   During this period, regional variations were pronounced. Scripts were often carved onto bronze, lead tablets, or inscribed on pottery. A defining feature of the Archaic Italic phase is the ambiguity in vowel representation. For instance, the symbol $\langle \text{K} \rangle$ (kappa) was frequently retained in Oscan texts even when the /k/ sound shifted to /p/ (a phenomenon known as Oscan p-shift), leading to an unusual over-representation of the sym…